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From: Andy Long [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware Review
I used an xbox v1.6 (got it after the holidays) and soft-modded it
with no problem. Took about
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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I may go with this suggestion (ie. go for a more powerful front-end), but I
still have a few questions about the Xbox option before I discard the idea
altogether:
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(I have no soldering experience, but I'm
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:42:07 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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I may go with this suggestion (ie. go for a more powerful front-end), but I
still have a few questions about the Xbox option before I
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:42:07 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I may go with this suggestion (ie. go for a more powerful front-end),
but I
still have a few questions about the Xbox option before I
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:42:11 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:42:07 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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I'm all for doing the soft-mod. But how difficult is it to get the right
box (version 1.4
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:22:20 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:42:11 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:42:07 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:52:41 -0800, Kenneth Hong
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I'm all for
gamestop.com/babbages.com sells refurbished xbox units. They even have
a deal w/a free game. I got mine last month (appears to be a v. 1.2
box) w/ a free copy of Mechassault.
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:22:20 -0600, Andrew Close [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:42:11 -0800, Kenneth
Hi,
I'm new to mythtv, so take this comment with a grain of salt... :)
If your backend is a dedicated backend (ie. no frontend), then
I think you're wasting money on the pvr-350's. The primary advantage
that the pvr-350 has over the pvr-250 is that the 350 supported
hardware decoding
I have been researching MythTV setups
and have
come up with the following hardware configuration.
Requirements:
Backend System used as a file server,
multi-media jukebox and PVR for regular TV and EDTV (eventually over Comcast
Cable when the HD-3000 drivers for QAM decoding are
