[H-GEN] Setting up a MythTV box

[Robert Stanford]

Gary Curtis wrote:
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> Hi List,
> 
> I am in the first stage (.au product availablilty and pricing) of setting up
> a MythTV box.  I would appreciate any comment or assistance from
> any Humbugger, via this list or personally, who has been through
> this process or can offer other insights/gotchas.
> 
> I'm thinking of mini-ITX (Shuttle or similar) with hardware encoder card
> (Hauppauge PVR-350 perhaps), SATA disk(s), DVD burner, etc.
> 

The PVR cards are pretty nice I have mine set so that I use about 1Gb 
per hours recording. The digital tv signals take many Gb per hours 
recording unless you transcode. (Or theres something I dont know yet)

My setup here is a PVR card in my main box in the home office with about 
500Gb of hard drives in a logical volume. I use an xbox for the frontend 
in the loungeroom. Let me tell you Microsoft makes the premier hardware 
platform for hosting a Linux based PVR, the remote control buttons are 
perfect and it not only looks the part next to a telly, but generates 
much less heat and uses alot less space than a regular pc.

Robbie