DVR Build
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Hi all,
Thanks to those of you who have weighed in on my DIY DVR questions. I think I'm finally ready to purchase and build the thing, and wanted to get your insight on the final list of components. This will be for a 42" HDTV 1080p, and I'm using an old Dell for the DVR (so parts and power might low). Let me know if anything doesn't seem right:
512 MB RAM
Pentium 4 processor
500GB IDE HDD
Bundle of SageTV and Tuner card - http://store.sagetv.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PR...
I'm going to use the integrated graphics card (I've got a converter from the standard plug to HDMI), although if you think the system could benefit from more GPU power, let me know. Sadly, with a PC this old, I'm stuck with regular PCI slots.
Any thoughts? And thanks!
Thanks to those of you who have weighed in on my DIY DVR questions. I think I'm finally ready to purchase and build the thing, and wanted to get your insight on the final list of components. This will be for a 42" HDTV 1080p, and I'm using an old Dell for the DVR (so parts and power might low). Let me know if anything doesn't seem right:
I'm going to use the integrated graphics card (I've got a converter from the standard plug to HDMI), although if you think the system could benefit from more GPU power, let me know. Sadly, with a PC this old, I'm stuck with regular PCI slots.
Any thoughts? And thanks!
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Agree with shadow - powering a nice TV with a PoS is self defeating. I don't think you'll be able to get away with it because the encoding won't happen quick enough. I could be wrong though, I've never built a PVR. The only guy I know who has runs E6600 and streams to a PS3.
I've got a SD tuner/hard drive recorder ($70 w/o hdd) and a PS3 (a bit more than $100![:)]( ":)")
. PC DVRs seem like they're more trouble than they're worth - for the cost of windows you can buy a cheap consumer device.
I've got a SD tuner/hard drive recorder ($70 w/o hdd) and a PS3 (a bit more than $100
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