User:Srandawa
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Cable service from Comcast with HD.
Current Setup
I used to run a separate backend, but when the mobo fried on the old backend, I moved everything onto 1 box. It seems to handle all the tasks really well just by itself.
Hardware
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
RAM: 2GB 800MHz
Video Display Card: Nvidia GeForce 8200 IGP
Remote Control: MCE Compatible
Display: Sanyo PDP-42H2A, 42" plasma connected via DVI @ 720p
HDD 1: 1 x Maxtor 300GB SATA 3Gb/s. Used for OS and system software.
HDD 2: 1 x Seagate 1.5TB SATA 3Gb/s. Used for only recordings.
HDD 3: 1.5TB RAID5 over NFS. Used for music, movies, any other large files.
FireWire: SIIG Add-on card
Sound Card: On-board Nvidia with coaxial SPDIF
Sound Amplification: Onkyo HT-R510 6.1 receiver connected via SPDIF
Video Capture
- HD Homerun QAM x2
- Motorola DCT-6200 HD cable box via firewire
Software
Distro: Gentoo Linux
Kernel: 2.6.29
MythTV: 0.21_p20877
Lirc: 0.8.6