[mythtv-users] Do I understand MythTV correctly?

[Grant Edwards]

>> box. I can then setup one or more frontends on other machines
>> (Hauppauge 350 card and SB live with 5.1 surround) and connect
>> via ethernet to the backend.  The frontends will have full
>> functionality and be able to view recorded programs and live
>> tv (by selecting the source from the backend.)
> 
> Why waste the money for a pvr-350 card on your frontend if
> you're not going to use it for recording?

So you can go with a low-power CPU like a C3 and not have to
listen to the whining of CPU, GPU, and power-supply fans.  

> Just get a decent video card with tv-out - no need to spend
> the extra $100+ on a pvr-350 if you're not going to use its
> tuner.

You're not just getting a tuner, you're also getting a hardware
MPEG-2 decoder.  For something that's strictly a frontend, it
would be ideal if you cand find hardware decoding w/o the tuner
and encoder (and with faster X performance).

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com