[mythtv-users] Opinions on my hardware choices for a new PVR

[Dan wolf]

DONT get a PCHDTV 3000 card, I'm on the verge of crying its so damn
complicated =)


On Sat,  1 Jan 2005 20:34:50 -0600, Jonathan Moore <moorejon at usd465.com> wrote:
> Let me prefis this with  I have only built one of these and ended up with a Via Eden
> 5000, and a PVR 350 in a modified IBM NetVista case. We wanted something really
> small and I wanted to play with Mini-ITX
> 
> > Antec Overture case -- Should look good in the living room and is
> > supposed to be quiet
>  
> This case passed the "wife" test. There were a few others she liked even better, but
> she would be willing to have one of these in the living room. Antec also makes a cude
> case that would work well in some entertainment centers.
> 
> > Hauppauge PVR 350 -- for encoding and decoding
> >
> > On my optional list I have:
> >
> > Hauppauge PVR-250 -- for dual recording
>  
> If you are planning on going out to the onboard video card anyway why spend the
> extra cash on the 350? As far as I know the only way to make use of the onboard
> mpg2 decode is to send the video output through it. I went this route to work around
> the low end cpu on my via, but if I were building a full sized/powered system I would
> spend the money on multiple 250s.
> 
> >
> > Neatgear 54Mbps wireless card -- streaming video to other PCs?
> >
>  
> I have a friend that claims to be streaming via G wireless to his iBook laptop running
> an OS X ported frontend, so it should work, esp for playback of highly compressed
> video such as saved in mpeg4, but I think even mpeg2 works for at least a single
> stream. I am told the B is a little dicy with mpeg2.
> 
> 
> > Wireless keyboard and mouse -- For non-PVR uses, games, browsing the
> > web, etc? (Any recommendations?)
> >
> > I considered going with a VIA M1000 but it seems like the software
> > support is not as good and/or trickier to setup. Plus there is less room
> > for expansion and performance might not be that good if I go outside the
> > PVR space (maybe add in some games for my little bro :) ).
>  
> I wouldn't go with this line unless you have a compeling reason, size, space, cost,
> curiosity, etc. I really love the small form factor of my Eden but I am about ready to
> switch to something more powerful and easier to work with. I recently had a drive
> crash and it took my about 3 or 4 days to get the thing back together because of all
> the compiling on a slow box.
> 
> 
> >
> > Well what do you guys think?
>  
> I think your parents will really enjoy it.
> 
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