[mythtv] Simple player

[Henk Poley]

> Van: Cedar McKay <cedarmckay@mac.com>
>> On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 02:50  AM, Henk Poley wrote:
>>> Van: John McKay <cedarmckay@mac.com>
>>>
>>> I just built an XP2000/512ram/80gig box for $400.
>>
>> How do you do that? What I can find in Europe (alternate):
>>
>> Athlon XP 2000+                      : 109.00
>> Seagate Barracuda ATA IV (ST380020A) : 109.00  ::  80GB
>> 512MB DDR333-CL2.5                   : 165.00
>>
>> Adds to 383 EUR, that's without a case, mobo, cooler and tv-tuner...
>
> A _lot_ of price comparing both online and on foot.
> 
> I got
> - XP2000 with heatsink and cooler for $80 online
> - Asus A7N266-VM with nic, soundcard and basic graphics (gforce2) 
> for $73 online
> - 512 crucial ram $125 online

Hmm, I guess Alternate is not what it used to be... They do have a pritty
big coverage area (The Netherlands and Germany).

> - 80 gig maxtor 8MB cache $50 on sale at best buy (got up at 5:30 am for 
> that sale)
> - antec case w/350 watt antec power supply $50 (cosmetic problems) from 
> compusa
> I had a cdrw and floppy drive already
> and I cheated, I didn't count the $50 tuner card which I already had
> so real grand total was $428
> 
> but I spent a ton of time looking for this stuff!

And how much did it cost you to send it to your home? :-P

I think I'll watch http://froogle.google.com/ for a while.

	Henk Poley <><