[mythtv-users] Best Motherboard for Front End HD Entertainment

[Scott Pleavin]

I have this board and it is ok for watch "talking heads".  I'm having a 
problem watch hockey games where there is a lot of action. The audio is 
fine but the live video is actually just a little slow and periodically 
it does a little skip to sync the video back up. The video being slow 
isn't perceptible when watching sitcoms etc.

I have a AMD 64-3800 in my box and may throw a faster processor into it 
in a couple weeks to see if that makes a difference.

Scott

Michelle Dupuis wrote:
> The BioStar site this unit shares memory (video & main memory).  Does that
> affect video performance?
>
> MD 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Doug Young
>> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:34 PM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Best Motherboard for Front End HD 
>> Entertainment
>>
>> On 10/19/07, Matthew Dansereau <matthew at dansereau.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Many PC's are too bulkey / Noisy for the Living Room
>>>
>>> I have seen a few posts about Low profile cases, etc.
>>> I haven't seen any posts on the best Mother Boards all in one / 
>>> chipset / firewire, etc.
>>>
>>> I am looking for a good motherboard that has most of the compatible 
>>> components with Linux.
>>>       
>> That probably means you want a built in nVidia chipset so it 
>> has full compatibility
>>
>>     
>>> Firewire is very important.  I belive that a lot of AV will 
>>>       
>> be leaning 
>>     
>>> on IEEE.  I have heard rumors that the IEEE ports are 
>>>       
>> enabled on a few 
>>     
>>> cable boxes including Comcast's.
>>>       
>> Honestly, that depends.  You talk about separating backend 
>> and frontend, and if that's an option, your -backend- needs 
>> firewire, but it doesn't have to be a motherboard that fits 
>> in a low-profile case...
>>
>>     
>>> I would consider a single backend with raid and 4-10 tuners 
>>>       
>> (and store 
>>     
>>> out of site) and then front ends / thin clients at every tv 
>>>       
>> eventually.
>>     
>>> I'm thinking short term it is probably better to find a 
>>> Linux/mythtv-HD friendly motherboard.  USB QAM tuners seem 
>>>       
>> to be one 
>>     
>>> way to deal with lack of add-on-card-space.
>>>       
>> I'm looking at the Biostar TF7050-M2 motherboard.  It has 
>> oodles of builtin USB ports, HDMI, S-Video for SD out, an 
>> S/PDIF header, etc.
>> The only thing lacking is Firewire support.  My backend, 
>> however, supports firewire, so I don't need it on my 
>> frontend.  If you search gossamer, several people have 
>> reported good experiences with this board.
>>
>> Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138061
>> --
>> Doug
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