[mythtv-users] suggested hardware?

jeff at burstable.net jeff at burstable.net
Wed May 7 09:58:02 EDT 2003


This looks very interesting, please let us know how it works out for 
you.  I also have a Wega and this would be a perfect match.  For $179 for 
the barebones its not a bad deal at all.

On 6 May 2003, Chris Petersen wrote:

> ok, so I went with something completely different.  One of my bosses (I
> work for siliconmechanics.com so we tend to get lots of interesting
> hardware to play with) picked up a Pundit
> <http://www.asus.com/products/desktop/pundit/overview.htm> to play with,
> and I realized that it'd be a perfect box for Myth.   Anyway, I thought
> I'd share my find with the rest of you, and am hoping that someone can
> help me with some issues.
> 
> Anyway, the box itself is gorgeous - matches my Sony Wega perfectly.. 
> extremely quiet (it'll be more so once I swap the maxtor drive I had
> on-hand with a seagate barracuda IV), and the system seems pretty snappy
> with a 2.0Ghz p4 celeron.
> 
> The video card (a SiS 315 chipset) is relatively new, though supposedly
> supported in XFree86 4.3 (included with redhat 9). (having a bit of
> trouble getting it to run with just the tv-out, but I'm sure I'll figure
> that out)...
> 
> Anyway, once I get all that running, I'm going to give Myth a try.  And
> if I can get it working properly, I plan to make a small MythOS distro
> (or at least package up some nice RPM's)...
> 
> -Chris
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