Are you going to be doing HD? <br>
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If not, you can't go too cheap. If you are only interested in SD
programming a good rule of thumb is probrably, "If you can buy it new,
it's overkill."<br>
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The only components you really need to put any thought into are the
capture card(s) and hard disks(s). And the video card,kind
of. More storage is better.<br>
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Regarding memory specifically, if it is really going to be a dedicated
Myth box, there is no reason to waste money buying 2GB of memory.
512MB would be more than enough.<br>
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If you are going to use a television for your monitor, don't worry about a monitor.<br>
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Otherwise, get an NVidia 5xxx video card. <br>
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To do simultaneous playback and recording, your processor should be at least a 600Mhz PIII or equivalent. <br>
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Weisiger</b> <<a href="mailto:cweisiger@i-55.com">cweisiger@i-55.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What are some good specs for a mythTV box..I have seen specs for high<br>end machines doing multiple<br>recordings....I am not looking into doing such things...<br><br>All i am looking for is to record a single channel while watching
<br>it....and the possibility to pause live tv...<br>just a basic recording box....<br><br>I am looking into buiding a mini-itx box with laptop components....slim<br>line cd/dvd, laptop hard drive, dimm or sodimm memory<br>
depending on what type of mini-itx motherboard i get or is recommended....<br><br>What is the lowest possible processor speed to accomplish recording and<br>pausing live tv....<br><br>i was looking into getting a mini-itx with a
1.3 processor? and a<br>pvr-350 card?<br><br>i know memory helps the system..so i was planning on maxing out the<br>memory..i found<br>a mini-itx board that can support 2 gig or ram...and the hard drive<br>space of course is not
<br>an issue for me to deal with...it is basically the processor speed..<br>being this is the first<br>attempt at creating a mythTV box...<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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