<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick F</b> <<a href="mailto:nikos.f@gmail.com">nikos.f@gmail.com</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;">
<div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gavin Lewandowski</b> <<a href="mailto:gavin@lewandowski.org.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
gavin@lewandowski.org.uk</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Can anyone recommend the additional components togo with the server, for<br>tuner's I am considering a Hauppauge Nova T-500 Dual , it would be nice
<br>to feed my sky+ output through the media PC too.<br><br>DVD recording will be taken care of by using a LG burner , would<br>appreciate some recommendations for the other pieces to build the<br>machine. 500gig SATA hdd , Infrared Control ?
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<div>I'd recommend scrapping the Sky+ box and adding a PCI DVB-S card with a T-Rex CAM and capture the Sky directly to your PC rather than going through a capture card - quicker channel changing and better quality. As far as remotes (as much as it pains me) I'd recommend the Microsoft MCE remote - I've got three and love them. You can never have too much storage - I'm up to 4x750GB SATA-II HDDs (in RAID 5) - not so much for just TV, but also for storing all our DVDs, music and pictures - all of which are playable through Myth. I'm also a big fan of splitting front and back end - use what you've got as a server - and buy a Mac Mini as a remote front end.
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<div>Enjoy.</div><br> </div>
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>Hate to "OT" This for a second but i'm going to anyway..:)<br><br>Which device needs the horsepower? Is it the backend to record or the frontend to play back? I thought it was the frontend that needed the high CPU for HD playback..can you really get away with putting a big backend somewhere and then small frontends for playback? Or is this only in the Low Def world?
<br><br>I've considered splitting my frontend / backend for quite a while (don't have the money to do it yet) but this intrigues me.<br><br>--Doug<br>