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Users / Re: New User wanting to get the core right

« on: March 18, 2009, 02:54:52 pm »

Thank you all for the advice. I guess the next step is to get my house wired up. Then the core. I appreciate the input though.

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Users / Re: New User wanting to get the core right

« on: March 16, 2009, 06:43:27 pm »

I saw the Homerun box on Newegg. The only downside is I was wanting an internal card capable of HD since I would probably be building a hybrid box that was be in a visible area. The only reason I mention wireless is the home I purchased has a finished basement. Although the whole downstairs was wired for ethernet, none of the upstairs was. I would most likely be putting my box in my entertainment center upstairs as it is 1 of the two areas I have a Cable DVR that is set for HD. I went up into my attic this weekend to see if I can run CAT-5 which will be possible, but a royal pain. Love the finished basement but just wish they would have wired the whole house instead of half.

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Users / Re: New User wanting to get the core right

« on: March 16, 2009, 05:56:56 pm »

If I am wanting to use PVR functionality though, does 2GB still give me enough? I know I need to get a tv tuner with hardware conversion built in, but the sites I have found list older cards as well. The Hauppauge card that I have seen on Newegg are newer, but I haven't seen much in the line of how they are supported other than the 1800 not seeming to work at all. Thanks for the input as well. It is greatly appreciated.

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Users / New User wanting to get the core right

« on: March 16, 2009, 03:34:05 pm »

I hope I am posting in the right place. I have wanted to build a Home Entertainment system for quite awhile and have dabbled in all the Windows based Mediaportal, TVersity type of programs. I had read some on MythTV, but since the only Linux box I had is a web server I keep in my basement and I wasn't the most confident building that, I had shied away from Myth. Well, that was until the magic LinuxMCE video. Now, I am ready to ditch any Mickeysoft solution for this. But, I want to get the core right first. I have some cat5 to run in my home since I have not seen that a wireless solution is not a suggested route. I usually order from Tigerdirect and have scoped out a couple of machines that I think would work really well, but each has the ATI chipset on board. It is that all ATI is a pain and I should truly go with NVIDIA, or can I get away with this onboard solution. That being said, if the NVIDIA is onboard is that an issue. I know shared video memory is always a major issue, but the barebones box I am looking at comes with 8GB of memory. Any input is greatly appreciated.