I'm expecting good HD playback, once I get to that point, but since
there's no HD source around here, I'm not working on that too
hard. It will probably work the system pretty hard, but it's a
dedicated box.<br>
<br>
As for fitting the cards in the case, yes, you can, provided you're
patient and don't mind bending some metal. The PVR-250 was
actually harder, it's about 2mil taller than the HD3000. I also
had problems with the solder points on the PVR touching the HD tuner
(or the other way 'round), which dictated which card went in which slot.<br>
<br>
Finally, I did end up having to bend out the little metal tab on the
chassis that clips to the card carrier, as it would not fit with the
PVR. A minor adjustment that makes the final finish a little
less-than-perfect, but it's hidden behind the case. I also had to
file out space for the coax connectors, as they were touching the
chassis, and due to the length of the barrel on the HD card, I couldn't
get a good antenna connection. The PVR has a huge barrel, and
that's not a problem.<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Zak</b> <<a href="mailto:onlydarksets@mahshie.net">onlydarksets@mahshie.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I just saw you haven't gotten the HD card working yet.<br><br>Zak wrote:<br><br>> Thanks for the info! So, you were able to fit the HD-3000 in the<br>> Pundit-R case OK? Also, is HD playback pretty smooth with the intel
<br>> 2.53GHz p4 Northwood? I'm about to give up on the xbox, but if I go<br>> to dedicated PCs I want to do HD.<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>> Blastzone wrote:<br>><br>>> After almost 5 months of work, I finally have a running MythTV
<br>>> system! I'm looking forward to having real recording, show archives,<br>>> and all of those fun things you can do with Myth. It's been a pretty<br>>> big project, and I ran into quite a few roadblocks along the way.
<br>>> I've put many of my notes online, in the hopes that they might help<br>>> others with their systems. They're pretty stream-of-thought, but<br>>> there are nuggets of info in there, I'm sure.<br>>>
<br>>> If you're looking at putting together a system based on an ASUS<br>>> pundit-r, I recommend looking through at least the first part of my<br>>> notes. The motherboard on those systems does not like SATA Hard
<br>>> Drives & PATA DVD drives.<br>>><br>>> I also ran into issues with segfaulting internal players, hauppauge<br>>> tuners that wouldn't initialize, HD-3000 cards and no OTA HD<br>>> broadcasts. You can find my comments at:
<br>>> <a href="http://www.blastzone.net/~kamikazi/hardware/mythtv">http://www.blastzone.net/~kamikazi/hardware/mythtv</a><br>>> <<a href="http://www.blastzone.net/%7Ekamikazi/hardware/mythtv">http://www.blastzone.net/%7Ekamikazi/hardware/mythtv
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