[mythtv-users] Cheap Possible Frontend

[Mike Angstadt]

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> > I run a PIII 800mhz with 512mb of ram.  I use a PVR-150 and the
> > video is
> > fine.  I believe that's about the lowest anyone should go.
>
> So that would be MPEG-2 video. I've seen slower machines play DVDs
> pretty well, and seen some really slow old Dell laptops with hardware
> MPEG decoders that did pretty well at it.
>
> But I tend to agree with you that I certainly wouldn't purchase
> anything much slower than you mention, and remember a Myth system has
> to do other things besides playing back MPEG. I see that HogPaws
> suggests a PIII 733 as a minimum for using a PVR-350, presumably
> using its output, and they suggest a PIII 1.2Ghz. for a PVR-150.



Actually right now I'm running a PII 300mhz with 256mb RAM as a backend with
a PVR-150 and WinTV card.  My frontend is a fanless 600mhz Epia board.  Now
that I've got all the kinks worked out over the past two weeks they're
working fine.  Obviously I try not to use the WinTV tuner as much as I can
avoid, but I don't tend to need two tuners that often anyway and I'm just
waiting to pick up a second 150.

-Mike
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