[mythtv-users] Hardware "Survey" (Pundit-R)

Sat Nov 20 20:26:44 UTC 2004

It sure did help... I'm going to order the Pundit-R right now! :-D

I believe, from my observations, that the 250/350 are the same height... 
pls don't quote me on this. :-)

- Mark

mythtv at heisterberg.dk wrote:

>
> I have a Pundit-R with a PVR-250. To get the capture card installed 
> without bending the chassis (too much) I had to insert the card into 
> the lower slot on the Pundit and even then it is a bit of a thight 
> fit. It works though and the chassis can close without any problems.
>
> I'm going to install a second card soon and I have my eyes on the 
> PVR-350 and I have come the conclusion that it will probably mean that 
> I will have to "work" the chassis a bit (and maybe even cut a little 
> here and there). I think it is ok since the modding will be hidden 
> once you close the case. As to the PVR-350 being a little longer - it 
> should be ok since the tight fit is height wise.
>
> As to whether it is worth it - I think so.... The Pundit is the only 
> case I found that has a reasonable size and where you (teoretically) 
> can fit 2 pci cards...  Most other bare-bones only have room for 1 pci.
>
> The one thing to be aware of is that the Pundit hardware is rather 
> new. This means that the network card isn't suported with a standard 
> Fedora core 2 install (there is however a solution to this) and that 
> the mobo uses the atiixp audio driver which cause some problems. I 
> seem to have found the solution (with help from the forum) by 
> switching to ALSA audio and by modifying the latency_delay of the pci 
> cards (not as hard or "geeky" as it sounds). Once I verify that the 
> setup works in the longer run, I'm going to do a write up of the steps.
>
> Hope the above helped/helps.
>
> /lekkim
>
>
>
>
> *"Mark L. Cukier" <mark at pemicro.com>*
> Sent by: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
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> 20-11-2004 20:14
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> Hello to All:
>
> I'm in the process of setting up mythtv on my current computer. I've
> allready ordered the PVR-350.
>
> I was initially going to be reasonable and set everything up on my
> desktop to make sure it was working before I went out and splurged on a
> new dedicate system. BUT... in the process of setup, reading, etc I've
> gotten myself too excited about all the awesome features of myth (I'm
> currently an avid TiVo user/fan.. but this story has convinced me it's
> time to eBay the TiVo and move to Myth:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&e=1&u=/latimests/tivowillnolongerskippastadvertisers 
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> ) . To heck with reasonable, I'm going to splurge.
>
> I have my eyes on the Pundit-R... I heard someone comment that the
> PVR-250 "barely" fit into their pundit system. I noticed the 350 is a
> bit longer! Does anyone here have a Pundit-R with a 350? I'm just
> looking for confirmation that it will fit before I order the case.
>
> I'd also be interested to hear any other recomendations for a sleek,
> small case (with two PCI slots)-- or any other hardware recomendations.
> I heard this site was a good place to go for hardware setups  
> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-pvrhwdb.php .... but it doesn't seem to 
> work!
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>   Mark
>
> JTJones wrote:
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> >It looks like a nice board with no AGP, PCI or ISA slots, proprietary 
> form
> >factor and proprietary power supply connection.  As long as someone has a
> >lot of time and is really good at figuring out power connections and 
> wants
> >to make their own case, it should work great... oh ya, and if you 
> don't want
> >to add any expansion cards to it the board would be fine.
> >
> >Jones
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