[mythtv-users] MoBo+PVR150 or 350?
Sim
simon.hampton at freebel.net
Mon Nov 22 19:40:46 UTC 2004
Hi,
I'm trying to work out what to build into a budget (except for cool, quiet
case) PVR box / music player / photo presenter and possibly DVD player, and I
have some questions.
For the video part I am simply aiming to replace my old VHS and dont think I
need very advanced features.
If I get a motherboard with a TV-Out, will an Athlon 1800+ be sufficient for
decoding, so that I could just buy a PVR150 for encoding?
Alternatively do I need a video card (or at least one with TV out) if I get a
PVR350? I thought I read that the 350 is rather limited for displaying
anything but decoded MPEG2 streams - combination of the itv driver's
limitations and the need to run X through the 350's framebuffer (and I admit
I'm not quite sure what I'm writing here).
In practice the integrated video cards are so cheap that the first option
looks like the money saver, but I may have overlooked something.
I was thinking of building on top of Mandrake 10.1, but I see that most of the
posts refer to Fedora. Should that influence my choice?
As for the case, what do you recommend? I think a small form factor is
necessary. Frankly the Asus Digimatrix looks the most like consumer
electronics and will probably fit best with our TV furniture, but I like the
look of Shuttles, and could be persuaded for anything else I can get in
Belgium.
Simon
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