[mythtv-users] Sony Vaio, perhaps?

[Daniel Dunning]

Ideally, I would like to record content from FIOS.  I have an HD-PVR from Verizon, for which I pay $15/month which has only about 25-20hrs of recording of HD content.  I'd love to switch that out for a standard STB.  I'm not sure if anyone from the greater Washington DC area has any info on how Fios is delivered around here.




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On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Dunning <dan3501 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Again, great feedback.  Based on the feedback and suggestions, I've done some research and came up with an alternative configuration that saves me some money and probably does not leave me wanting, albeit I will have to put it together.  I've come up with the following:

	* Nvidia XFX GeForce 8200 Motherboard
	* AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ Processor 3.0Ghz
	* Thermaltake TR2-R1 Heat Sink

	* Kingston PC6400 800MHz 4GB DDR2 Desktop Memory
	* Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS Hard Drive - 1TB

	* WinTV-HVR-1800 Hybrid Video Recorder (2)

	* FUSION V2 PC Case with IR Sensor 430W
	* Logitec Cordless Desktop S510I can get a system like for about $670 and that for the most part includes shipping and taxes.  I have an old hard 132GB HD that I can use for the OS, which will save me about $100.  Is this something that I can use for Verizon FIOS?  I know that the Nvidia GeForce 8200 mobo also includes the VDPAU integrated into it.  

Good specs. When you ask about FIOS, are you referring to recording content from FIOS? That all depends on what they broadcast in the clear and how they modulate it. This will determine what tuners you want to buy. I'm not familiar with how they do things. If the channels you want are available in clear QAM, those tuners will probably work. If not, you have some decisions to make. Getting content from cable is getting to be an exercise in stupidity as they refuse to let apps like Myth use CableCards to tune encrypted channels. So people resort to things like the HD-PVR or the internet. 
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