[ubuntu-uk] MythTV Hardware

[Darren.Mansell at opengi.co.uk]

Hello all,

I've consulted the MythTV wiki and got some ideas but I was wondering if
anyone else had any experience with getting a MythTV 'house' set up.

I'm going to be moving very soon and I've got a 50" Samsung plasma
planned with a MythTV front end set-top-box type PC connected to it.

Then I want small LCD panels in the kitchen / other rooms etc to be able
to access the recorded video / media / live tv etc. I know this won't be
possible unless I have a PC connected to the TVs so I will have to make
do with normal digital reception on these... unless I can find a cheap
media extender than supports MythTV. Anyone heard of one?

I know that when I turn the main TV and the Myth front-end PC it can't
take long for TV to appear otherwise it will get very infuriating very
quickly. This means I have to get hardware that supports ACPI perfectly
so Ubuntu ACPI will work with it and I can keep doing standby/resume
every time I want to watch TV/turn it off. Can anyone recommend a decent
barebones / mainboard / whole set up that will work this way? It has to
be very quiet too. I don't really want anything louder than my Wii so
about 20dB is my max noise.

I'm just looking for ideas and personal experiences TBH and any input
would be appreciated. This seems to be something everyone is trying to
do at the moment and getting some info together may be a good idea.

Darren