[mythtv-users] What is your ideal hardware?

[David Brieck Jr.]

Julian Edwards wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I just found MythTV and my inner geek is shouting at me to build a new PC!
> 
> Since I'm so new at this, I was wondering if people could recommend a
> hardware setup since you're more likely to know what works best than I am.
> 
> My main area of concern is what tuners, GFX card and sound card to get and
> to some extent how much CPU power do I need if I get hardware encode/decode?
> 
> Money is not too much of a problem so I am looking for some high-end kit
> to play with on my new 36" widescreen TV that is turning up tomorrow, and
> progressive video/upsampling is a must for DVD playback.
> 
> I also want a remote control.  I know you get one with the Hauppage 350
> but is it any good?
> 
> Are there any nice PC cases that won't look too out of place in my hi-fi
> stack?
> 
> I should also mention I'm in the UK as I guess this will affect the tuner
> cards I need (or does it?).
> 
> Many thanks for any advice.

I've been working on putting up a page describing the hardware I used. I 
cleaned things up enough to post it to the list ;). You can check it out 
here: http://www.brieck.com/myth/index.html