[mythtv-users] Cost of MythTV Machines -- tangential to topic -- PVR-150

[H P Ladds]

Thanks much.

On 1/23/06, H P Ladds <householdwords at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you mind me asking -- what Distro and did you update your Hauppauge
> WinTV-150 drivers/firmware?
>
> I foobared my card by improperly updating the firmware (using yum --
> not the method prescribed by Video4Linux ). Now my machine fails to
> recognize the card. I suspect that updating the firmware of an
> unrecognized card will be a challenge, but I found drivers/firmware at
> V4L and am wondering if I'm on the right path.
>
> Thanks for any help you might offer.
>
> Preston
>
> On 1/23/06, John Biundo <johnbiundo at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Brian Wood wrote:
> > > With some recent discussion here about CPUs and costs I wonder what
> > > the "average" cost of a MythTV machine might be.
> > >
> > I bet this is the most common question for those considering jumping
> > into mythtv.  I certainly wondered, and found it hard to really pin down
> > what an adequate machine would be.  I ended up establishing a budget,
> > which I thought was a bit on the generous side, and just purchasing to
> > that budget (well, going over a *little* ;-).
> >
> > I ended up spending around $850 including shipping and tax for all-new
> > components.  My system has an AMD64 3200+ (venice core), Asus A8N-E
> > mobo, Antec Overture II, PVR-150, GeForce 5200 video card, 512MB Ram,
> > 200GB Seagate Sata drive.  I figured for an extra $100, I'd buy in the
> > sweet spot for CPUs, which was the biggest cost driver (I could have
> > saved around $100 for a cheaper but adequate CPU and corresponding
> > mobo).  Hard to figure how I could have saved much more than that on new
> > components (maybe another $25 on a cheaper disk drive, but c'mon!).  All
> > this was from newegg, which was within +/- 5% of the lowest on-line cost
> > around.
> >
> > I'm generally happy with it, though the Overture is noisier than I
> > wanted (which I would have seen if I'd done more research on it; I'm
> > still hopeful of being able to quiet it when I finally turn my attention
> > there).  I'm also having an oddball problem which may still turn out to
> > be hardware related, so I'm not 100% ready to recommend this combination
> > yet.
> >
> > Anyway, I wanted to say that this topic is probably extremely valuable
> > for newcomers, and hopefully is something that can get folded into the
> > wiki (I know there's been a lot of recent talk about "personal
> > profiles", and this data would fit nicely.  I know there's a mythtv
> > hardware database out there, and it's an OK resource, but it's missing
> > pricing information, and doesn't seem to be all that active/current.
> >
> > Just my .02.
> >
> > john
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