[TriLUG] mythtv ramblings and a questions about december mythtvpresentation

[Myrhillion]

Wayne,

I think for my first setup, I'm going with something less complicated 
than what Kevin has planned.

As far as I can tell, what I have planned should suffice for my intended 
purpose.

I want a PVR, and I want to timeshift programs so I don't have to watch 
commercials.
Man will it be nice to record CSI at 2am, when basketball preempts it.

Then I want to be able to save some recorded shows to cd/dvd for 
watching again later, the burner will not be in the mythtv box, so I must
have some sort of network connection (planning wireless) to (slowly) 
copy my shows over to a personal workstation.

I only get basic cable and don't need more than that (but boy do I miss 
The Daily Show). 
note: I have charter as the only cable option in Angier.

Athlon duron 800
512 mb ram
A hauppauge PVR-250 (assuming initially the cabling comes with the card)
(I believe this covers sound as well?)
a wireless card  (forget the version, older protocol  802.11b?)
gentoo, ubuntu or FC3 as the OS

I think the only bits I need to purchase are the PVR-250 and the 
wireless card

I plan on putting this behind my entertainment center (it's 
caty-cornered) or possibly
in it if I get a shuttle or something for the enclosure.

That's a question, what are people using for their mythtv enclosures?  
Anything anybody really favors?

I don't suppose that the December mythtv presentation got recorded on 
video by anyone did it?

Doug Taggart

Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:

>Front End / Back End? I thought one simply built a linux computer with a
>TV card, installed MythTV, and started watching movies immediately.
>What's all this about a "front end"?
>
>A modded xbox would add about 2-300 bucks to the setup, right?
>
>/confused
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
>Behalf Of Christopher L Merrill
>Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:08 AM
>To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] mythtv ramblings and a questions about december
>mythtvpresentation
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>Do any of the solutions discussed handle HDTV?
>
>I've been thinking about a MythTV project, too.  But I'm not willing to
>give up the HD capability that the TWC box gives me.
>
>C
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