[mythtv-users] New System Hardware Recommendations

[Robert Johnston]

A lot of the time, I find on *nix lists/chatrooms, the only way to get
a reasonable answer (That is, one that doesn't require 300 hours worth
of digging through man pages and searching obscure keywords on old
university sites) is to start your question with "Linux sucks! In
Windows I could <insert what you want to do here> easier than
anything! Why should I bother with this back-bedroom OS anyways?",
which will usually get you 30 people giving you a nice, simple
walkthrough of what you wanted to do easily.

I admit, it's not a nice way to ask, but sometimes it's the only way
to work out what the hell's going on. I mean, whoever thought that
<ESC>wq was an intuitive way of saving a file, and a text editor that
doesn't edit 'til you put it into edit mode? Give me Nano/Pico anyday.


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 03:51:36 -0500, Maverick <mavantix at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The email from Maverick yesterday detailed what he bought, based
> > on the Jarod's "Standard Definition Slave Backend and Playback
> > System" says this:
> >   Chaintech 7NIF2
> >   Athlon XP 2700+
> >   2x 256MB DRAM PC3200
> >   Samsung 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model SP1614C
> >   SilverStone Lascala SST-LC11 HTPC Case
> >   PVR-350
> 
> I think I'm going to put the pictures of my install together and do a
> write up about it. Hardware seems to be a common question on this
> list, but there's not too many detailed lists of exactly what worked
> for people (well, there's the mythtv hardware database, but I found it
> less than helpful).
> 
> I found Jarod's list of his hardware specifics very helpful, in fact,
> I got the same motherboard because I assumed if he has TVout working
> on it, then I could get it to work...
> 
> If I did the above again, being a couple weeks later in the every
> changing computer hardware world, I'd get the Chaintech 7NIF4
> (+SATA!!), and the SATA version of the Samsung 160gb drive. Mainly for
> the convenience of small cables. I might upgrade my board anyway and
> just sell the one I have on ebay for $50 or something, it's only 2
> weeks old... ;) Another thing, the newer board supports Sempron too,
> which are ?cheaper? than XP's...
> 
> What would be kick ass is a version of that board with DVI out! Now
> I'm dreaming.
> 
> -Kenneth
> 
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