[mythtv-users] hardware setup questions

[Kurt Fleschner]

Hi,
	I'm starting on a home theater project and I have some hardware 
questions hopefully someone could answer, or point me in the right 
direction. Right now I'm thinking of using a socket A based micro ATX 
MB w/o onboard graphics, 512 M ram, 80GB drive, Radeon 9600, Hauppauge 
WinTV-dbx (WINTV401). I'd like peoples ideas on what's necessary and 
what's not in a home theater box. Is the TV out about equal on all 
graphics cards? Any other hardware pointers you have?
	I have a little Shuttle-clone from iDot pc that has TV-out. Now, the 
TV I currently have uses plain old RCA in jacks, not S-video or 
composite, so when I hooked the little guy up to the TV using the RCA 
it looked like poo, and I couldn't lower the res below 800 x 600 (which 
looked like poo). Tying into the general hardware question, would you 
recommend a separate video card for TV out or not, and if so, what type 
of card would you recommend? If not, what would I be looking for in an 
onboard chipset? And yes, I will be getting a TV with S-video in, so if 
you think it's just an issue with connecting cables I'd like to hear 
what you have to say on that too.
Looking forward to hearing from people!
Kurt