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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/2/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Reid Anderson</b> <<a href="mailto:reidsanderson@gmail.com">reidsanderson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>I am spec'ing out a first Myth box and interested in a combo machine (both front and back end) I'd would place it in the living room and connect it directly to the main TV of the house (hopefully an HD set when we upgrade this summer). I am quite interested in the Shuttle SG33G5. It's an Intel G33 chipset with a 775 socket (into which I would likely put a Core Duo). The Shuttle's board has HDMI out built in, a feature I think I like, and Optical Audio Out. My only concern is that I would like to put dual tuners in it (each capable of HD) but the Shuttle has one PCI and one PCIe slot. I haven't had much luck finding PCIe HD TV Tuner cards (at least not ones that have known Linux support.
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<div>Any thoughts or experience with the Shuttle PC's? Any thoughts or experience with HDMI output from MythTV (likely Mythbuntu, in particular)? Any suggestions on a PCIe HD TV Tuner (that is also capable of SD until we upgrade to HD Cable)?
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<div>Don't know about the Shuttle's. I can recommend, though, that you put a PVR-500 in that PCI slot and then just get an HD Homerun as an external network-based dual HDTV tuner. Fully linux compatible, works great. You'll have 4 tuners there to start.
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