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<font size=3>I stand corrected. <br><br>
-- Mache<br><br>
At 09:06 AM 10/19/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 10/19/2006 11:44 AM, Mache
Creeger wrote:<br>
> I use an Athlon 2200+ XP for my SD frontend/backend system and it
runs <br>
> great. Given that the HD tuners to not have hardware MPEG
encode, <br>
> while I cannot say for sure, I would think that your sub 2Ghz <br>
> processor would not have enough horsepower to keep up with the HD
<br>
> stream. Given what I have read, I think you will need a
processor <br>
> that runs at 3Ghz or above.<br>
><br>
The HD tuners don't need encoders. HD is broadcast in mpeg2 and are just
<br>
streamed to the hard drive. I was recording HD on a 900 Celeron before
<br>
upgrading.<br><br>
- James<br><br>
> -- Mache Creeger<br>
><br>
> At 08:22 AM 10/19/2006, Alan Marchiori wrote:<br>
>> I have an old Athlon 2000+ KT600 chip set with 512mb of DDR266
Ram; <br>
>> if I add a HD 5500 or HD 3000 tuner (and a big hard drive) will
it be <br>
>> able to record HD + serve HD data to 1 front end client at the
same time?<br>
>><br>
>> This would be for my 1st MythTv setup, and I'd like to keep it
cheap <br>
>> as a proof of concept--Maybe upgrade later as needed to support
<br>
>> recording 2 HD channels + 3 HD frontends. <br>
>><br>
>> Any advice for a cheap but nice looking frontend setup would be
<br>
>> appreciated also. I was hoping to keep it under $300-400
for the <br>
>> frontend (ebay!).<br><br>
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