[mythtv-users] suggested hardware?

[Henk Poley]

> Van: Chris Petersen <lists at forevermore.net>
> 
> anyway, I also wanted to mention the one major drawback of the pundit is
> that it only has ONE IDE channel...  This means that even if you put an
> ATA-100 hard drive in (the board supports up to ATA-133), if you add an
> ATA-33 cdrw (or dvd or whatever), your hard drive will also run at
> ATA-33.  After unplugging my cdrw this morning, myth's performance got
> noticeably better.  On the bright side, many dvd drives are ATA-66 (asus
> even makes an ATA-100 one, though I can't seem to find it for sale in
> the US), and I think that most dvd-cdrw drives are (though pricey). 
> Just be warned.

Hmm, then I might want to check this out in my XP2000+...

btw, how do you find out what ATA spec. is used? I never seen it mentioned
on webshops (as opposed to hardrives) or benchmarks. You will probably need
to check the manufacterers site?

	Henk Poley <><