[mythtv-users] Recovering from Disaster, Rebuild Options?

[jim]

>> 3) What's the best "oh crap that hardware just died on me what do I do now" proofing solution for MythTV at this point?  My largest issue seems to  be I run these MythTV boxes till they die and then am looking at the prospect of a $1000 Desktop to replace it since the hardware is SO out of date by that point.
> Still looking for recommendations on Tuners?  A network based tuner does
> >indeed sound interesting (pulls it out of the myth backend meaning I don't
> >have to have PCI slots available and other things of that nature).
> >Downsides?  Better options?
> >
In response to #3 above, I've recently built a new HTPC, running MythTV, 
Kodi, and other apps, and believe you can assemble a very solid system 
for well under $1000 - about half that number, and that includes a nice 
chassis (from SilverStone), modern motherboard, 4 gig of RAM, processor 
(I chose an i3 4330 with HD4600 graphics), aftermarket CPU fan (not sure 
I needed this), energy efficient power supply, terabyte harddrive, 
Blu-ray optical drive, dual tuner (HDHomerun), plus remote or keyboard.

Regarding tuners, the HDHomerun has been working perfectly. I looked 
into a Hauppauge card but they have had not, may still have not, 
released a Linux driver for their new card. Freeing up a card slot in 
the chassis is nice, and the DLNA capability of the HDHomerun can be 
handy too.

Good luck with your upgrade.
Jim