why you should try MythTv

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

miah <jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com> writes:

> Name 1 tv tuner that you can connect to the modded xbox.  Also,
> remember that the xbox is only a p3 733. By default only has 128megs
> of ram, and a 10gig hdd.  After all your modding, you'll end up with a
> slow, and more expensive pvr.

For a mythtv frontend you don't need a tuner.  The tuner runs on the
back end only.  So, your tuner is "on the net".

> also, xbox's are $150 now, mod's are anywhere from $50 - $100, my
> Xecuter 2.0 Pro was $65 I think, HDD upgrade is going to run you
> ~$100.  The USB mod, is possible, and the Hauppauge USB tuner is going
> to run you $70 - $150 depending on model.  At that point, you might as
> well have just bought the Tivo and been watching tv.  Unless you're
> trying to do something multiple tuners, which the xbox probably
> couldn't handle.  Even then, the dreamix project was working on this
> whole thing, and they scrapped it obviously because it was a waste of
> time/bad idea.

For a front-end you don't need the HDD upgrade, the USB mod, or the
tuner.  So we're talking about $215 for the box plus the cost of the
TV.

-derek

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