Hi All,
I have been lurking around this forum for a couple weeks now and have finally decided to take the plunge into the wonderfull world of LinuxMCE!
I currently have a digital cable tv subscription and, from what I understand, the best approach to using this with LMCE is to have the set top box/digibox plug into a TV tuner card of some sort LMCE to distribute around the house.
I also have 2 VoIP phones (Cisco 7960/ Siemens C450) which I hope to integrate into the LMCE experience. I further intend to obtain a couple more phones for the other two rooms I have here.
My goal is to get rid of my current panasonic home theater, xbox (which I use to watch encoded movies et al) and replace this with LMCE.
I have been reading through the forums and have noticed some compatibility issues but I've also noticed that alot of users seem to be having success with the nVidia 7100 range of cards and as such I have tried to select a motherboard with this type of card integrated onto it.
I would like to build this system initially as a hybrid which will live in the lounge (so needs to look relatively pretty) and once I have that all up and running I will tackle the media distributors in the rooms
I would also like, if possible, for the system to last me for a couple years, so suggestions on the TV tuner type would be greatly appreciated.
The hardware that I have in mind at the moment is as follows (with links for you to look at if need be):
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Motherboard
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ABIT I-N73HD
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=343412OR
EVGA nForce-630i+GF7150, DDR2, m-ATX, Socket-775, HDMI/HDCP, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=341858OR
MSI P6NGM-FD
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=342186-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=330169-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Memory
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OCZ Platinum DDR2 PC6400 4096MB KIT, w/two 2048MB PC6400 XTC, CL5-5-5-4
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=339129-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TV Tuner Card
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Hauppauge WinTV HVR 4000http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(16553)Hauppauge-WinTV-HVR-4000-DVB-S2-DVB-S-DVB.aspxHauppauge WinTV PVR-500
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(14168)Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-500-MCE-Kit-Dual-TV-Recorder.aspxhttp://www.expansys.ie/d.aspx?i=161146-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hard Disks
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2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338942-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DVD Drive
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LG DVD±RW-burner, GGC-H20L, Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Reader
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=347330-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE
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Silverstone Grandia GD01-MXR
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=331861OR
Thermaltake Mozart SX w/medialab & VFD
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=325043---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What I would appreciate is if you guru's could take a look at the motherboard, case and tv card sections and offer some opinions as to which of the options I have is the better option for LMCE. I do understand that my milage may vary with regards the hardware, but I've tried to stick with chipsets that have been mentioned to work in the forums.
Any additional constructive comments appreciated, also, if you have a better solution to the kit listed above, please feel free to point me in the correct direction.
Thanks
Asgaroth
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