[mythtv-users] RE: mythfrontend setup for around $300 ??

[Matt]

In my quest for a perfect box to sit next to my AudioTron......

Robert:

To be sure, are you running frontend and backend on the Pundit?

Im still in the air between the Pundit and the DigitalConnection box. 
Maybe Ill just get both!

-Matt

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Robert Kulagowski said:
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> Here's some other messages / questions I've gotten lately:
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>> If your TV is hooked up, will the TV-Out be enabled
>> while  the system is booted?  (and after it has been
>> booted, but is in text mode)   I figure XF86 needs to
>> be configured to be told to use TV out, but the
>> non-XF86 stuff I'm not so clear on.
>
> TV-Out is enabled during boot.  I can enter the BIOS, see the
> Mandrake boot screen, etc.  I don't have a VGA device hooked up, so I
> don't know if both would be enabled during boot if the Asus sees two
> devices.
>
>> How do you find the 2.4 GHz celeron to be?   Going by
>> your description, I assume you use the Pundit for both
>> the front- and back-end?    Has it got enough punch?
>> Do you think a lower-end Celeron would be enough?
>
> Well, I certainly was willing to try it out, so I did.  The advantage
> of a P4 vs a Celeron at that speed has to do with cache size and FSB
> (400 vs. 533).  The core is the same.  I haven't run into any
> problems with the 2.4Ghz Celeron, and it cost about half of a P4
> 2.4Ghz CPU.
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