[mythtv-users] How much horse power?

[Michael Haan]

Very similar to a system I just built.  Tried two other distros before
settling on Gentoo.


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:45:41 -0500, Larry Sanderson <larry at sanderson.net> wrote:
> I'm hoping to put together my dream system in the next couple of weeks.  It
> will look like this:
> 
> Home built backend
> - Athlon 64, 3800
> - 2GB Ram
> - Lot's of hard-drives (4x250M = 1TB)
> - WinTV PVR 150
> - pchdtv HD-3000
> 
> A fanless frontend from www.hushtechnologies.com
> 
> The questions:
> 
> 1) Do I need a powerhouse frontend to display HDTV streamed from the backend
> over gigabit ethernet?  I was hoping to get away with a modest CPU to keep
> the box cool.
> 2) Any issues with my choice of tv tuners?  Will I be able to record an ATSC
> stream off the pchdtv card while watching an NTSC stream off the WinTV card?
> 3) Any experience using a 64-bit distro with these cards?
> 
> Thanks for any guidance you have!
> 
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