This is my first MythTV Server. I built it as a trial to see if it was worthy of more expensive hardware. And so far I think it very much is! My current MythTV server: Athlon 900 512 meg ram WinPVR250 (the one with the mpeg2 encoder chip, and the ir receiver and remote that works with LIRC) external vga to tv box with remote I have it all setup to work with the remote control so even my girlfriend and others can use it. I have 4 other computers in the house with myth client that I can watch from including my laptop. We do have 802.11b in the house, but I dont think its fast enough. I had a couple glitches with it when TNN switched to SpikeTV, the guid didnt update. But I am sure all the small bugs I have experienced will be worked out with time. My next server will be dual processor, have many tuners, and run all the TV's in my house. But thats expensive and far down the road. I only suggest that you get fast hard drives for the myth server, also try to use a dedicated partition for the storage so the shows dont ever halt your OS. Watching shows on multiple clients while recording others makes we worry about my poor drives. P.S. Sorry I didnt respond very quickly. Jeffery Rasmussen wrote: > > How much did it cost you to create the MythTV box? I've been > interested in Tivo for a very long time but cannot get past the > monthly service charge. I know that they offer a forever deal, but I > would be worried that forever meant until the company got bought out > my Microsoft or something like that. > > I would be interested in copying your system or purchasing a copy from > you. > > > Jeff Rasmussen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Jorgensen [mailto:jasonj at igi.com] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 1:27 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] I need distribution input > > > HAHAHA Thats awesome. > > I use Debian on all of my workstations, laptops, servers, and even my > MythTV box in the living room is Debian. If you ripped open my chest you > would probably see a beating red swirl. > > > Adam Maloney wrote: > > >A lot of people on this list will tell you to use Debian. Debian is THE > >DEVIL. They say Debian is the solution for everything, just check the > >archives! They are trying to lead you down the path of temptation, > >promising everything but delivering nothing. It's all LIES made up by > >the Con to lure you into their evil cult. When was the last time Debian > >got up and made you breakfast? Never, because IT DOESN'T. On the other > >hand, Slackware WILL make you breakfast and you WILL like it. It will > >make you rich. It will make you more appealing to the opposite sex. > > > >Debian is free, but Slackware costs $100,000 and comes with a $100,000 > >instant rebate. Why would you want to use something that's worth > >nothing, when you can enjoy the benefits of a $100,000 distribution at > >no cost? > > > >If you say Debian backwards you get "Naibed", which is the same thing > >you hear when you play the 33rpm of "Revolution 9" backwards at 45rpm > >with just the left channel. The word means either Satan or Puppies, > >either way - VERY BAD. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list