<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Brad DerManouelian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I do that right now with the Hauppauge HD-PVR and DirecTV and now I<br>
use my high-def tuners for over the air reception. Aside from the high<br>
frontend requirements \and having to use an unstable version of<br>
mythtv, it's a really nice solution.</blockquote></div><br><br>I just priced a frontend box on Newegg for about $300. AMD X2 6000+ CPU, mobo, ram, nice case. I'll run it diskless or grab a small drive from my junk box. Or maybe a CF adapter. Not bad for an HD capable frontend that can play even high bitrate H264. I don't think that's so bad. If you don't need H264, a slower CPU will work fine. ATSC MPEG2 isn't that hard to deal with. <br>
<br>Sure, it's a fair bit more than the SD frontends we used to run. But it's also a lot more capable. I've been eyeing the HD-PVR. Glad to hear it's working well with Myth, even if it requires SVN builds for now. If I decide to use a pay service, I might think about using one. <br>
<br>My soultion isn't perfect. And is subject to a lower WAF, but it might work. And the OP already has an HDHR, may as well use it for OTA if it's available to him. <br>