[mythtv-users] Re:Sell mythtv "set-top" boxes

[Brian Blalock]

This is pretty close to what I was looking for in my "Database of working 
systems" question.

A list of "turnkey" hardware to purchase plus a single ISO to download with 
all of the software I needed would have been nice.

Has making a custom Knoppix disk with the latest MythTV software and 
everything else that's needed been discussed to death yet?

Victor wrote:
>This is an interesting discussion thread. I would guess that there a lots of
>technically capably people willing to buy a preconfigured, open source linux
>based "Media" box.
>
>I think the collective group of people here would greatly benefit from the
>shared experience of all of us that have hacked together a MythTV box, so I
>would like to gather the responses from people on configurations :
>
>1) Best Celeron mobo with (full-duplex) integrated audio and accelerated
>2D/3D?
>
>2) Best Duron/XP mobo with (full-duplex) integrated audio and accelerated
>2D/3D?
>
>3) IR Transmitter and Receiver configurations (cheapest)?
>* IRDA chip or GPIO controlled custom circuits will probably fit the
>bill
>
>4) Cheapest/Best (stable) Tuner/MPEG encoder/decoder board?
>
>I have built 4 different MythTV boxes each with it's own issues, and my best
>(bang for your buck) system runs around $350 retail. Toss in a DVD-RW to
>archive media away, and for ~$550 you've got a decent HTPC.
>
>We don't have to make a business around this. Just arriving at a some
>optimally configured systems could really save time for people putting
>together their own systems (or providing a starting place for system
>builders).
>
>It would be nice to build a custom distro for our Standard box that we could
>all collectively build and refine. I would contribute hosting for a project
>on TeraMech. I can also have CDs made quite cheaply to distribute distros,
>since I wouldn'd want to chew up all my BW.
>
>- Victor