[mythtv-users] Generic newbie questions

[Gary MacKay]

I'm just foaming at the mouth wanting to get started on this project! I 
would like a little more 'basic' info tho. From a connection viewpoint, 
how does a MythTV box connect to your A/V system? I mean, I presume:
-a coax from your cable/satallite/antenna goes into the PVR-250 card
-the MythTV software grabs the signal and sends it to the hard drive
-a cable from the video card (S-video) sends the video to the TV ??
-sound is sent to the TV via what? a 5.1 sound card?

Questions:
1. Does the MythTV box need a monitor?
   a. If yes, does the monitor have to sit next to the TV?
   b. What is on the monitor, the menus?

2. I have a 24U server rack in a back room. I see references of a 
backend and a frontend box. Can the backend box be mounted in the rack? 
The cable coax would then go to the backend box to receive the signal? 
Then I would need a frontend box sitting beside the TV that would get 
the recorded shows from the backend box via the ethernet?  Hm, if the 
remote goes with the PVR-250 and that is in the server rack doing the 
recording, how does that work?

	I'm not afraid of compiling kernels, etc. Been working with linux for 5 
years or more. I just want to make sure I understand the basics, 
concepts, whatever the term is, on how this system is connected and used.

TIA,
- Gary