[mythtv-users] Time to take the next step...

[Brian Wood]

Kevin Robbins wrote:
>> I left the above intact solely to point out that your method of message
>> quoting is horridly broken, and makes it look like *you* wrote material
>> that *I* had actually written earlier, and makes no distinction between the
>> two.  You also left in a LOT of extraneous material that had nothing to do
>> with your subsequent comments (which I eventually found, but ONLY because I
>> already knew what I'd written and what I hadn't).  Please review the
>> settings in (and your use of) your mail client to retain proper quoting and
>> attributions.
>>
> 
>>>>> Actually I typed that on my blackberry while sitting at an airport terminal, just after I scheduled a couple programs on my mythbox.
> 
> 
>>  > Like you said it all boils down to how many pci tuners you have. If
>>  > you get a good board with 5 pci slots and 4 sata's you should be fine
>>
>> Well, the (mother)board is already decided on: The Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe I
>> mentioned in my first message to this list;
>>     nVidia nForce2 chipset; 1 AGP + 5 PCI slots, 
>>     on-board Gigabit Ethernet, 6-channel audio & SPDIF headers, etc.
>>     AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz actual clock rate)
>>     1GB DDR RAM (expandable to at least 3GB, if need be)
>>
>>  > with...say 3 PVR 500's (6 analog tuners) a 4 port sata raid controller
>>  > and some other PVR card in the remaining slot. Then throw a HDHomerun
>>  > in the mix, that will essentially give you 9 tuners and 8 HD's.
>>
>> Well, as I also mentioned previously, I have no need for NTSC tuners in
>> *this* system.  That's already covered to the extent that it needs to be
>> covered, at least for now.  I *may* eventually migrate one of the PVR-150s
>> from my existing FE/BE system to this box at some point down the line; but
>> even so, that won't happen until I have effectively replaced that existing
>> FE/BE box, which in turn won't happen until *after* the new BE-only box is
>> up and running.
>>
>> I'm still collecting information (thanks in large part to this list); but
>> as of the moment, I will most likely be going with two HDHomeRuns (for a
>> total of 4 ATSC tuners), and *no* PCI tuner cards.  So the PCI "slot
>> crunch" is really a non-issue.  I've still not decided between an "real"
>> Hardware RAID card vs. a cheap  non-RAID (or "fakeRAID", but I wouldn't
>> actually use that feature) 4-8 port SATA interface; but either way, I'll
>> have more than enough slots open for it.
>>
>>  > You
>>  > should find that you wont need a DVD drive in your backend, you will
>>  > use one to install etc but just use a usb external type for that.
>>
>> Actually, I rather suspect it will be "only" a CD-ROM drive.  As you note,
>> it will only be needed for the initial software load -- and CD is more than
>> adequate for that.
>>
>>
>>>>> Splurge for the DVD, then it doubles as a DVD archiver when there is something thats a MUST keep. Yes the frontend will burn as well, but what if the wife is watching a movie and you want a copy of "Program A" to take to work in AM.
>>
>>  > The HDhomerun is like magic, hook it to an antennae plug in the lan,
>>  > tell myth and schedules direct what channels it receives then enjoy
>>  > the show, don't think into it to much. You dont need any IR nothing
>>  > for it.
>>
>> Thanks.  That's what I wanted to hear.
>>
>>>>> Just to be sure, are you aware the HDHomerun is for Over-The-Air unencrypted High Def broadcasts only. Basically the major networks. My apologies if your not in the US, it may be different elsewhere.

It can also do unencrypted QAM, if you are lucky enough to have any
desirable channels available in that modulation scheme.

beww