On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:42 PM, John Meier <john.meier at gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy- > > Hoping there's a few Mythtv users lurking about.... > > I dropped the Directtv recently switched to OTA with an HD homerun sitting > on my network. My old Knoppmyth box can't keep up with the HD content. Was > wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a good solid mobo where all > features work with linux. I'll be putting in a video card - probably a fx > 5200 I have laying around here - unless there's something better. > > I'd like to be able to record and watch at the same time and will probably > just use the stereo jack to patch into the TV speakers - but it'd be nice to > use a spdif connection to my old home theater setup. > > CPU fan/heatsink is another concern - any recommendations there? > > Sorry I didn't reply to the list... I use this as a frontend: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500027 I hear it also works well as a combined frontend/backend. I don't have a fan on it, the power supply is a brick, and no hard drive so it's completely silent. It also uses very little power so I don't mind it running all day/night. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20091117/e4ae5ea3/attachment.htm