Digital TV hardware?

[Leslie Gossner]

Owen Townend wrote:
>
>
>     Sorry for entering this so late, but Daniel can you give me an idea of
>     what sized machines you're talking about?
>     To be able to record 2 channels at once and view a recording?
>
>     I have bought 2 Topfield PVR devices, the first was brilliant till the
>     main board died and we were told it was cheaper to replace the whole
>     unit than fix it, and the unit we bought to replace it is starting to
>     play up... so now I've decided that a MythBuntu box would be the best
>     solution... I want an idea of what I'll be in for...
>
>
>
> Hey,
>   The hardware refresh I bought last weekend can easily achieve this 
> and wasn't that expensive. I installed Mythbuntu 8.04 beta. Except for 
> my unique hardware problems[1] the process was pretty easy. It may be 
> a little overpowered for just myth, but it also runs mysql-server, 
> apache2, and a bunch of vms.
>
> AMD Phenom 9600 'black edition'
> Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (AMD 780G chipset - has onboard ATI HD3200 w/UVD)
> 4GB DDR2 800 (2x2GB kit)
> 3x750GB SATAII WD 'green edition'
> LG OEM SATA DL DVD-RW
>
> Total cost was (just) under a grand.
> I already had:
> Antec 4U22 Case,
> Thermaltake 430W PSU,
> Kworld DVB-T 100 Tuner,
> 4x400GB Samsung SATAII HDD,
> RocketRaid 1740 4 Port SATAII PCI card.
>
> cheers,
> Owen.
>
> [1] My RocketRaid 174x drivers won't compile past 2.6.22
>   7.10's stock kernel won't detect my brand new hardware.
>   8.04's stock kernel is too new for my raid card drivers.
>   So I had to either install then downgrade, or build a custom 7.10 
> install disk or install on other hardware, update and then move the 
> hdd back.
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Im also looking into setting up a Myth TV box in the near future i have 
some hardware already but im adding a bit as i can afford it.  Its 
currently acting as an apt-cache and will soon become network file 
storage as well.  So far i dont have the TV cards or Storage HDD's.
Do people think this setup will work.

CM Stacker 810
Q6600 OC to around 3.6Ghz (im still slowly doing the Overclock)
2Gb DDR 2 RAM
1x160Gb System HDD
3x750Gb HDD for storage
2x AverTV Dual DBV-T PCI-E x 1 cards

Im planning to add to it later a few more 750+Gb Drives and a pair of 
SATA2 cards to take them.

Would that happily record 3 channels and play back another do you think 
or will i need more RAM and HDD's to spread the load?
Leslie Gossner