[mythtv-users] Time to take the next step...

[Kevin Robbins]

> I left the above intact solely to point out that your method of message
> quoting is horridly broken, and makes it look like *you* wrote material
> that *I* had actually written earlier, and makes no distinction between the
> two.  You also left in a LOT of extraneous material that had nothing to do
> with your subsequent comments (which I eventually found, but ONLY because I
> already knew what I'd written and what I hadn't).  Please review the
> settings in (and your use of) your mail client to retain proper quoting and
> attributions.
>

>>>> Actually I typed that on my blackberry while sitting at an airport terminal, just after I scheduled a couple programs on my mythbox.


>  > Like you said it all boils down to how many pci tuners you have. If
>  > you get a good board with 5 pci slots and 4 sata's you should be fine
>
> Well, the (mother)board is already decided on: The Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe I
> mentioned in my first message to this list;
>     nVidia nForce2 chipset; 1 AGP + 5 PCI slots, 
>     on-board Gigabit Ethernet, 6-channel audio & SPDIF headers, etc.
>     AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz actual clock rate)
>     1GB DDR RAM (expandable to at least 3GB, if need be)
>
>  > with...say 3 PVR 500's (6 analog tuners) a 4 port sata raid controller
>  > and some other PVR card in the remaining slot. Then throw a HDHomerun
>  > in the mix, that will essentially give you 9 tuners and 8 HD's.
>
> Well, as I also mentioned previously, I have no need for NTSC tuners in
> *this* system.  That's already covered to the extent that it needs to be
> covered, at least for now.  I *may* eventually migrate one of the PVR-150s
> from my existing FE/BE system to this box at some point down the line; but
> even so, that won't happen until I have effectively replaced that existing
> FE/BE box, which in turn won't happen until *after* the new BE-only box is
> up and running.
>
> I'm still collecting information (thanks in large part to this list); but
> as of the moment, I will most likely be going with two HDHomeRuns (for a
> total of 4 ATSC tuners), and *no* PCI tuner cards.  So the PCI "slot
> crunch" is really a non-issue.  I've still not decided between an "real"
> Hardware RAID card vs. a cheap  non-RAID (or "fakeRAID", but I wouldn't
> actually use that feature) 4-8 port SATA interface; but either way, I'll
> have more than enough slots open for it.
>
>  > You
>  > should find that you wont need a DVD drive in your backend, you will
>  > use one to install etc but just use a usb external type for that.
>
> Actually, I rather suspect it will be "only" a CD-ROM drive.  As you note,
> it will only be needed for the initial software load -- and CD is more than
> adequate for that.
>
>
>>>>Splurge for the DVD, then it doubles as a DVD archiver when there is something thats a MUST keep. Yes the frontend will burn as well, but what if the wife is watching a movie and you want a copy of "Program A" to take to work in AM.
>
>
>  > The HDhomerun is like magic, hook it to an antennae plug in the lan,
>  > tell myth and schedules direct what channels it receives then enjoy
>  > the show, don't think into it to much. You dont need any IR nothing
>  > for it.
>
> Thanks.  That's what I wanted to hear.
>
>>>>Just to be sure, are you aware the HDHomerun is for Over-The-Air unencrypted High Def broadcasts only. Basically the major networks. My apologies if your not in the US, it may be different elsewhere.