[mythtv-users] Upgrading Back-End System

[Kichigai Mentat]

I've had my MythTV system for a few months, and I'm quite satisfied  
with how it's working, and am currently trying to encourage my family  
to use it. The current set-up is a Back-End with 256 MB of RAM, some  
rather small hard disks, a Celeron 600, and a Hauppauge PVR-150. The  
front-end is an XBox.

Even though I've had my Myth box a short time, I know that it already  
needs upgrades. First and foremost is a hard disk. But, I'm also  
thinking I might need an extra tuner or two for the system. I'm  
thinking of installing either another PVR-150, or going whole-hog and  
getting a PVR-500. I'm not getting a hard disk smaller than 200 GB.

Anyway, I'm wondering if the Myth Users community has any suggestions  
on this one. Would my Celeron 600 be able to support three  
simultaneous tuners? Are there any other hardware encoding cards that  
the Myth community can suggest (single or dual-tuners? I'm thinking  
dual, because I've only got one additional PCI slot I can  
appropriate). Any possible complications?

And is there any word on a .19 version of Myth in a pre-configured/ 
compiled disk image or whatever for XBox? I'd like to upgrade, but so  
far, all of the instructions I've received to compiling on the XBox  
point me to the defunct XBox-MythTV project, or the non-existant  
MythTV Debian Packages. My attempts at compiling MythTV myself  
haven't been very successful, so I'm just looking at my options right  
now.

thanks for all your guys' help! MythTV wouldn't be where it is today  
without your help!

"I may not have gone, where I intended to go, but I think I have  
ended up, where I intended to be."
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