[ale] MythTV Hardware

[Calvin Harrigan]

usmpiano at aim.com wrote:
> Hey all:
> 
> I've been interested in building one of these and I know I need to go 
> buy the TV card before I go any further. The machine is a P4 1.8 GHz 
> with 512 RAM. Well that work ok for the most part?
>  
>  
> I just want to be able to watch live TV mostly.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rev.null at gmail.com
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] MythTV Hardware
> 
> if you need all the features, then go for it.  If you can do without 
> some of the onboard en/decoding, then you may want to look at one of the 
> cheaper models.  I'm using the WinTV-PVR 250, and it works fine for me.
> 
> -Johnny
> 
> On 10/5/06, *H. Bieber* <habieb at myrealbox.com 
> <javascript:parent.ComposeTo('habieb at myrealbox.com', '');>> wrote:
> 
>     Is this the current preferred Hauppauge card WinTV-PVR 500 MCE??
> 
>     Thanks
>     Harold
> 
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That should be sufficient for an SDTV setup.  Mine is running on an 
Athlon 1800 XP, I can even watch HD if I enable xvmc.  I don't have an 
HD source, so I've only been able to play clips.
You might initially only want to watch live TV, but will soon realize 
that it's not the best way to use a pvr.  Sure pausing live tv is cool 
and all, but when you record it, you can pause, ffwd, etc., allowing you 
to watch a 1hr show in 45 minutes.  There are means of watching tv even 
faster in mythtv by actually watching the show at a slightly higher 
rate.  1.2x for example.


Calvin