[mythtv-users] Monolith Pre-made MythTV Box?

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

For me, it's a time vs cost trade off.

I'm an experienced Linux user.  (Got into Linux circa 1996.)  And I
believe I could likely build one myself, if I put the time into it.
But that's the thing (for me)... work now takes up alot of my time.

I would be really convenient to just purchase a pre-made MythTV box
that just works right out of the box it came in.

But given yours and other response to my e-mail, I think I should
probably explore the possibility of building a system myself, before
making a decision.

--
Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
http://changelog.ca/



On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux
> <charles at reptile.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> (This is my first time post here, so please excuse any ignorance.)
>>
>> I was looking around the web for pre-made MythTV box, and came across
>> the Monolith Media Center...
>>
>> https://monolithmc.com/~monolith/index.php
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with this company?  Anyone bought one of
>> these?
>
> I haven't had any experience with this outfit but I would ask the following
> of myself:
>
> How much do I want to spend?
> You can certainly build one cheaper and at least as powerful for much less.
> Obviously you have to be willing to support it yourself if you go this
> route.
>
> Am I willing to go through the learning curve and possible hassle of setting
> the system up myself?
> The learning curve can be especially steep if you're not at least an
> intermediate linux user already.
>
> Do I want the latest software?
> Unless they just haven't updated their website they are still using MythTV
> 0.20 while current is 0.21.
>
> There's probably 10 more questions that others could come up with...
>
> One thing I'm curious about is what audio chipset their using. Since it's a
> "commercial" product I would expect to have simultaneous analog and digital
> output which I still haven't gotten to work.
>
> Richard