Planning a New Build

[wrotruck]

Hello-

I think I am just about ready to do my first Linux MCE deployment.  But, after going through the fourms I still have some questions on my hardware selection.

1. DViCO FusionHDTV7 - Looks like it shoud be pretty good but I'm hoping someone can confirm

2. I was looking at a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive for my core but as I look around the fourms it seems like there are still a great number of issues to be resolved.  Is it worth the extra money to add this drive now?

3. I see support for Z-wave items.  Lutron has another protocall called Radio RA.  Will Linux MCE support this?

Any thoughts or comments on these items would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks...

-Wil

[Afkpuz]

I can only comment on blue-ray.  Definitely not worth it right now.  As far as I know, it's still very cumbersome to watch a blue-ray.  You must rip it, which looks very difficult in general, before you can watch it.  So, if your friend brings over a blueray movie, you're gonna have to wait to watch it.  Plus, I think that not all BDs are rippable.  So, probably want to wait on that till we get live read functionality.

[tschak909]

For HD, save yourself the trouble, and use the Silicondust HDHomeRun. It is supported out of the box, plug and play.

-Thom