<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:04 AM, stuart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuart@xnet.com">stuart@xnet.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 have been siding w/getting an HDHomerun. Setting up hardware independent of any computer protects me from obsolescence. All my tuner cards are of the older PCI type and I'm thinking it's only a matter of time until all that is available are the new PCI interfaces.</blockquote>
<div><br><br>I've been using an HDHR for a couple years now. It's been working great. I love that it can be put anywhere on the network without worrying about slots or driver compatibility. My network hasn't seemed to have a problem with it, the peak is supposed to be about 40mb/s, so it's not much for a gigabit LAN. If it's a problem though, you could add an ethernet card I suppose and run them off of a separate LAN. Or even a USB ethernet device if you have no available slots. <br>
<br>I'm also using it for the IR receiver on my main FE/BE combo box. When I seperate those I'll probably switch to a USB IR reciever and move the HDHR to the server area. My kid is way too fascinated by the lights on the front of the HDHR. :) <br>
</div></div><br>I have been getting some pixelation issues lately, but I think that's more related to the machine and/or Myth. I modified the backend to remove the sync calls and increase the buffer size and it's helped a ton. It would be really nice if .22 had those as config options for the backend. Last night I moved the OS and database to a seperate drive to see if that helps as well. I'm a little concerned as the new drive is slower, 5400RPM from an old TiVo, but it was handy. If it helps I'll think about moving to a faster drive. It just doesn't make sense to buy a new drive for the OS though, as it only needs about 10G and it's hard to find cheap small drives. No point in wasting a big disk on the OS. Perhaps I'll get another 8G USB flash stick. That's working very well on the bedroom FE machine. <br>