http://joshhighland.com/blog/2008/06/29/my-media-center-died-time-for-a-new-one/ the living internet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:37:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://joshhighland.com/blog/2008/06/29/my-media-center-died-time-for-a-new-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1584 Edward Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:55:10 +0000 http://joshhighland.com/blog/?p=294#comment-1584 MythTV 0.21 with SiliconDust HDHomeRun network dual tuner. If you don't have a ethernet port close to your tv, try Linksys WGA600N Wireless N Game Adapter. Pair it up with Dlink DIR-655 wireless N router. Seems like a better solution than pulling cable from the living room to the office; plus you can locate you tv and MythTV box anywhere. I like the ethernet rj45 game adapter idea better since wireless pci adapter support in Linux is still spotty. I have a channel master 4228 Over the Air HDTV UHF antenna: it rocks; pulls in stations from up to 70 miles away. My mythtv pc AMD 5600+ X2, ASUS M2N-VM DVI Mobo (no video card needed; built in Nvidia 7050, i think there are Nvidia8200 based Asus mobos out now that are even better), 4gig PC2-6400 memory, Silent CPU Fan, Quiet Seagate 250GB SATA2 HD, Quiet Antec Designer-500 PC Case. Ordered parts from eWiz.com, zipzoomfly.com and newegg.com. Froogle.com usually finds the best prices for each component. Using Gentoo 2.6.25. Your tv should have a vga or DVI port since built in video does not have hdtv out; otherwise get a PCI X16 video card with HDTV out. MythTV 0.21 with SiliconDust HDHomeRun network dual tuner. If you don’t have a ethernet port close to your tv, try Linksys WGA600N Wireless N Game Adapter. Pair it up with Dlink DIR-655 wireless N router. Seems like a better solution than pulling cable from the living room to the office; plus you can locate you tv and MythTV box anywhere. I like the ethernet rj45 game adapter idea better since wireless pci adapter support in Linux is still spotty. I have a channel master 4228 Over the Air HDTV UHF antenna: it rocks; pulls in stations from up to 70 miles away. My mythtv pc AMD 5600+ X2, ASUS M2N-VM DVI Mobo (no video card needed; built in Nvidia 7050, i think there are Nvidia8200 based Asus mobos out now that are even better), 4gig PC2-6400 memory, Silent CPU Fan, Quiet Seagate 250GB SATA2 HD, Quiet Antec Designer-500 PC Case. Ordered parts from eWiz.com, zipzoomfly.com and newegg.com.
Froogle.com usually finds the best prices for each component. Using Gentoo 2.6.25. Your tv should have a vga or DVI port since built in video does not have hdtv out; otherwise get a PCI X16 video card with HDTV out.

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