[mythtv-users] Choices to make...

[Joe V]

I at first was considering one of the small machines
as well (where I live, there's a store called Surplus
Computers, they sell Jetway Mini-Q machines for a good
price), but yes, the number of PCI slots is lacking.

My eventual goal is two tuners, with a Matrox G400,
and since my motherboard doesn't have a built in NIC,
I currently use a PCI NIC.  The plan is to replace
that with a PCI wireless card so that I don't have to
have CAT-5 cables running across the living room to
the Liknsys router.  I personally prefer the idea of
everything in one box, just makes it easier.

If you're looking for a good case, I would suggest
Directron.com.  They have some ATX desktop cases,
although that one that I'm looking at is currently
sold out.  I've also dealt with them in the past, and
have found the service to be great.

-- Joe

--- Ken Bass <kbass at kenbass.com> wrote:
>   From what I have seen all the small form factor
> machines are very limited 
> in the
> number of PCI/AGP slots there are.  If I recall the
> Shuttle XPC boxes only have
> 1 PCI and 1 AGP slot. Maybe there are other models
> that I didn't come 
> across in
> my own research, but you wont be able to get your 2
> PVR's + a Geforce in there.
> Since your question was related to running over a
> network, maybe you meant to
> say the backend would have 2 PVRs and the Shuttle
> XPC frontend will be just 
> for
> the AGP Geforce4. I am returning my Asus Pundit
> because it only has 2 PCI 
> slots,
> no AGP, and no floppy capability (not even on the
> motherboard-try flashing 
> a bios!).
> I guess the client/server stuff isn't for everyone -
> I don't want multiple 
> computers powered
> up all over the house. I want a PCI slot for a
> cheapie modem so that I can 
> work on
> integrating caller ID into the Myth OSD.
> 
> I'm going to replace it with the Antec Sonata - low
> costs and also quiet. 
> That will allow
> a full ATX motherboard and expansion capabilities.
> If I wanted to drop some 
> bigger bucks, see
>
http://www.digitalconnection.com/products/cases/ht200.asp
> 
> - that takes a full ATX motherboard and looks
> like a stereo component, has an LCD screen, and
> comes with an IR remote option.
> 
> At 12:49 PM 08/20/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >What I would like to do is get a small case like
> the Shuttle XPC or the
> >like and make it a MythTV frontend with 2
> PVR-250's, a GeForce4 MX 440,
> >256 MB and a relatively small hard drive (20-30 GB)
> for the OS & swap.
> >I don't want to load this box with storage (only 1
> hard drive) to keep
> >the size small.  I would want to use the storage
> space (I love LVM) on
> >the main servers to hold all the content.
> 
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