[mythtv-users] first time HTPCer - double check me

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Mar 19, 2004, at 14:10, Daniel Walton wrote:

> Thanks Jarod

No problem.

>> (though I'm slightly leery of a USB2 connected hard drive under 
>> Linux).
>
> k, I'll do some digging and see if anyone else have used USB connected
> harddrives.

One recommendation for, so far...

>>>> Questions
>>>> ---------
>>>> - I own a nice MX-500 remote, what do I need for the HTPC so I can
>>>> control myth?
>>
>> An IR receiver of some kind and the appropriate lirc config files. I 
>> use a
>> RadioShack universal remote myself.
>
> Any recomendations for an IR receiver or will pretty much anyone do 
> for linux?

Pretty much any serial one should work. Lots of people build their own, 
and I've heard good things about the ones from zapway.de (ships to the 
US also). I'm currently rather partial to the XP Media Center USB 
receiver I got, which (thanks to Dan Conti =) now works quite well 
under Linux. It has much better range and multi-directional receiving 
capabilities than the PVR-x50 receivers. However, I haven't seen a 
place you can buy just the receiver ($35 at NewEgg for a remote and the 
receiver -- I was able to get just the receiver because we had a spare 
at work from an HP XP MCE box).

>>>> - What is the recommended VGA->component cable?  Is this the 
>>>> optimal way
>>>> for me to get component video out of my HTPC?
>>
>> In your case, yes. And it isn't just a cable, unless your set can 
>> accept RGB
>> component video. YPbPr component video requires a signal transcoder 
>> (see the
>> link I provided above).
>
> hmmm, how about Crescendo-Systems TC2000?  Any experience with one of 
> those.

Nope, I've only got personal experience with the Audio Authority 9A60. 
 From what I've read, the top-rated one on the market is the one from 
Key Digital, followed by the AA I've got (which costs almost half as 
much). There are folks using one from RCA with good results, but I've 
never heard of the Crescendo-Systems one...

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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