[mythtv-users] Newbie... Help Requested
White Joe
joe.white at consultant.volvo.com
Fri Jul 21 19:51:11 UTC 2006
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> jazzman at exdomain.org
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:33 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Newbie... Help Requested
>
> Thanks for the info so far, guys. A few more questions if you don't
> mind...
>
>
> > If you're planning to go out to a TV, it may be worth
> springing for a
> > cheap nvidia (gf4, fx5200) card. They're well supported under the
> > binary driver, and cheap. The onboard sound should work but my
> > experience has been that onboard sound is rather lacking, and can be
> > quite noisy. Turtle Beach Riviera cards run $30 or less and work out
> > of the box. Definitely worth it.
>
> This might pose a problem. The machine I picked to be my PVR
> box is small
> and space is limited. 2 low profile PCI slots are all I get.
> One is for
> the PVR150 card, the other currently has the NIC in it. I
> suppose I could
> swap out the nic for a USB Nic, but i'd still be stuck with
> the onboard
> sound...
>
Don't worry about the sound until it annoys you. My first mythbox was
cobbled from my geek closet. It was a P650 with 128MB RAM, an 80GB HD
and onboard sound. I picked up a PVR-250 with an IR port for $80. It
ran just fine. Sound, Video and all. It ran for about 6 months before
I got the urge to tinker.
Just get a 150lp, a serial IR blaster and a low profile nvidia card. A
lp 5200 if they exist. Once you get it up and going, then you can think
about spiffing it up.
Joe White
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