[mythtv-users] Front end/Back end functionality

[Doug Hall]

My plan is to have a tower PC back end in my bedroom (to help counter  
my wife's snoring ;-) and a front end XBox or Hauppauge MediaMVP in  
the den, as the front end.

I expect that I can connect my cable TV to the back end (obviously),  
and yet still control everything (including pausing live TV) from the  
front end. Is this correct? Also, if I go with the XBox, what  
advantages will I have over the MediaMVP? Will I, for example, be  
able to decode DVDs on the XBox, and have the resulting files stored  
on my back end? Is there any advantage to having the hard drive in  
the XBox? For those of you using the MediaMVP as a front end, how is  
that working out for you?

Thanks for all responses!
Doug