[mythtv-users] Commercial PVR offerings - is MythTv still competitive ?

[jedi]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:21:02AM -0500, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:55 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:51:38PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
> >> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>> How old is that P4, anyway?
> >>
> >> I don't actually know.  I bought it used.  The old 1 GHz Nehemiah I was
> >> using died, and this one seemed sufficient for SDTV duties.  I don't
> >> make the kind of money where I can spend $600 on hardware at the drop of
> >> a hat.
> >
> >    It's more like $280 or $220.
> >
> >    At $600 you can just plain get a Mac and not only have something
> > suitable for HD but also something that has as much visual appeal as
> > any other HTPC out there.
> 
> oh, i dunno, i like the VFD/LCD display on my HTPC enclosures =D
> </nitpick> =P

...if one of those is on the table then things become pretty easy.

Grab an mATX motherboard with an nv8x00 or nv9x00 integrated and
add the cheapest extra bits you can find ending finally with a
750GB - 1.5TB hard drive. If the compartments in my stereo cabinet
didn't have back, I would already have a Fusion based system.

PC upgradability can come in really handy sometimes.

OTOH, my current frontends will be perfectly reusable once they 
are taken out of service. Once I restore them to their original
condition, there will be plenty of people willing to take them
off my hands for me (and even pay me too).