[mythtv-users] What version of Xbox is best for myth?

[Matt Picker]

--- Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:54:24 -0500, John Kuhn
> <kuhn at razorsys.com> wrote:
> > I'm going to get a xbox for myth uses only and
> wondering what version of
> > xbox should i try and get.  all the local stores
> around here carry what
> > i assume to be 1.6 or 1.6b xboxs, any way to tell
> by looking at the
> > box?  reading online i see that 1.6 and 1.6b xboxs
> are not ideal because
> > you can not software mod them.  The 1.6b have
> overscan issues as well.
> > So that leaves me with the question of, if I can
> get an older xbox what
> > version would i want? to obtain the best picture
> quality and reduced
> > noise levels.
> 
> the hardware mod isn't really that difficult to do
> if you just have patience.  
> the nice thing about some of the older XBoxen is
> that their RAM can be
> upgraded to 128MB which would help out with Linux
> and Myth, but isn't
> necessary.  and i don't really think you'll find
> that much difference
> in output (picture quality) between any of them as
> they are all pretty
> similar hardware.
> 
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Agreed,  I have a 1.2 that I did the hardware mod on
myself.  It was pretty easy to do and using the distro
for xbox on the myth site I was getting good quality
and functionality right away.  I'm going to reinstall
someday when I get my backend set up and I will tweek
it the way I want.

Matt


		
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