Not to treat the list as a place to hock my junk, but I've been contemplating getting rid of my unused CoolerMaster ATC-620BX case. I bought it back in 2005 for a planned HTPC box running mythtv, but I never got around to getting the rest of the components. (Plus I have a Series I Tivo with lifetime subscription, so it wasn't terribly urgent.) You can see a pic of it here (http://www.directron.com/howtoicsatc620.html). Let me know if you're interested. -Jared On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:35 AM, <vze284qe@verizon.net> wrote:

Hello all,

I'd like to know what Wlug'ers are recommending for mythtv hardware these days. I already have a Hauppauge PVR-350 TV capture card. I'd like to build a low-profile quiet mythtv box that I can put next to a standard TV (not hi-def). What do people recommend? What about disk space? Ideally, I'd like something about the size of the mac-mini, but I don't think I can use a mac-mini as a mythtv backend.

I already have a mythbuntu box, but it's big, noisy, and not suitable for what I'm looking for.

Any ideas??

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vze284qe> I'd like to know what Wlug'ers are recommending for mythtv vze284qe> hardware these days. I already have a Hauppauge PVR-350 TV vze284qe> capture card. I'd like to build a low-profile quiet mythtv vze284qe> box that I can put next to a standard TV (not hi-def). What vze284qe> do people recommend? What about disk space? Ideally, I'd vze284qe> like something about the size of the mac-mini, but I don't vze284qe> think I can use a mac-mini as a mythtv backend. vze284qe> I already have a mythbuntu box, but it's big, noisy, and not vze284qe> suitable for what I'm looking for. It sounds like what you want is to move your existing box to the basement and put all your storage and PVR-350 card there, and then build/buy a small, silent box to act as the frontend Myth box. I've seen some nice cases from Antec. You won't need a bunch of power there, nor a blazing fast graphics card. Something with a Mobo with builtin graphics should be just fine. I'd also suggest that you boot off a CompactFlash or USB thumb drive as well, something without any moving parts. Then the system will be even quieter and generate less heat. Put all the disks somewhere else with the noisy system. Of course you need to now have a network between then. I've been meaning to do this myself, but as people say, Tivo Series 2, lifetime subscription has really slowed down my movement. :] John