[mythtv-users] Capture card upgrade vs new machine

[Mark]

A lot of the old k6 motherboards especially with VIA chipsets had broken 
PCI implementations, and had big
problems playing video/DVD's.  I had an old FIC motherboard I could 
never get to play DVD's on, and when I
swapped it out for a BX chipset/Celeron 450, suddenly everything was 
fixed.  Take your $200 and go buy a
modern motherboard and a Athlon 2100 or close and forget the K6.

Andres Valenciano wrote:

> First things first: great work! I finally made the compilation  in a 
> Suse 7 machine, it looks great!
>
> Now, the point I think a lot of us are facing after running MythTV and 
> wanting to enjoy the system:  I need an upgrade, URGENT!! :-)
>
> I am testing the setup in a AMDk6-2 400, I know is an old one, but 
> .... well, this machine with an ATI TV Wonder VE as the capture card, 
> it is not possible to see LiveTV, it "jumps" too much, reading on the 
> website, etc.... what are your opinions?   Buy a WinTV 350 for example 
> ($200) ? Will this be enough to watch Live TV and record or should I 
> go to a complete upgrade of the system, let's say >1.5ghz ??
>
> Thanks for you opinions and again, it looks wonderful, it always 
> surprise me the amount of work that people can do... just for fun!!  ;-)
>
> K.
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