[mythtv-users] Ausu Pundit / Hauppauge Freestyle and some more questions ...

[Saravanan Subbiah]

I have almost made the decision on buying the Pundit for making it my
MythTV FE/BE + Home Entertainment center.

Before I shell out my dough, I have some questions. I was hoping someone
will help me.

1) I read Hauppauge PVR 250 will be a tight fit in Pundit, but it is
possible. How about Freestyle. I guess it should be of the same
dimension ?

2) How is the audio quality from the Pundit ? I know that the SPDIF is
still not supported in linux, so if I have to connect the 5.1 audio out
to my speakers, are there any other way of doing it ? Coz the rear panel
seems to carry only line-in, line-out and stereo out. Do they also
double as Front Speakers, Back Speakers and Central speakers like in the
Shuttle SK45G ? If so then I can directly connect them to my speaker ?
What will be the performance ?

3) How is the build in graphics card performance ? Can I use it to play
some occasional 3-D games ? Is 3-D acceleration supported in Linux ?

4) Today is the last day for the circuit city PVR 250 deal and I am
thinking if I should go for it. I already have 2 tunner cards (WinTV go
and Aver Studio). They system I  am think of building is Pundit + 2.4
GHz HT P4 + 133 ATA 80GB HD + DDR 333 512MB RAM. Do I still need a 250
to store high quality video ?

thanks a lot for any help,
Saravan