<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gavin Lewandowski</b> <<a href="mailto:gavin@lewandowski.org.uk">gavin@lewandowski.org.uk</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><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>