[mythtv-users] New machine - questions abut hardware

[jose rubio]

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 08:04, Rasmus wrote:
> 
> I'm planning to build a MythTv box and have a couple of questions:
> 
> - Is the Nehemiah M10000 1Ghz powerful enough? (I'm gonna have a PVR 250
> as TV Card)

Yes.

> - Is it possible to passivly cool that processor?
don't know, it might be with the 250 taking up most of the processing

> - Is it possible to use a widescreen monitor instead of a TV?
If you can run X you should be able to.

> (http://www.samsung.com/Products/Monitor/LCDMonitor/Monitor_LCDMonitor_172W.htm),
> is it possible to set the stretchmode and viewmode to 4:3, 15:9
yes

> - Is the speed of the HD an issue, eg. is it possible to use an 4200rpm
> 2.5" laptop Harddrive?
Speed might be an issue depending on the resolutions of your recording

> - Is a 11Mbit WiFi network fast enough to stream from a backendserver?
No.  you'll need to go to a 'g' network (this one's hearsay, I have not
tried it)


> Alot of questions.. phui..  ;-)
> 
> If all goes well I'll have a genious machine in awhile...  ;-)
> 
> Rasmus

good luck


-jose-