Thanks to all for the answers so far. It still seems that both options are probably worth looking at.
Kanetse - Is it a true statement that if I go the direction of a software mod to start that nothing is lost other than time if it doesn't meet my needs? If I can back out the software mods later then I have a new XBox again and could add a hardware mod at that point? If so then is the software only mod that you're done the one discussed on http://www.xbox-linux.org ? thanks very much, Mark On 4/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > After setting up MythTV and recording overnight I'm ready to start > > looking more deeply into what I'll eventually be placing at multiple > > (4-5) locations in the house. I could use your inputs on what some of > > the most reasonable alternatives are: > > > > 1) XBox with mods > > - What mods? Who's mod chip really is best? > > - Purchase modified XBox ready to go? > > - Software only mods for now? (no mod chip?) > > > > The first softmod I did was tricky because there are so many versions > of the XBox (1.0 through 1.6) and various methods and installers that > can be used. Compounding all of this was the facts that the > documentation out there ranges wildly in terms of dates and that makes > it even more confusing. > > But once you've done the softmod on one XBox, it gets much less > intimidating from there. The thing I like about a softmod is that you > can always revert back to an unmodified state without having to worry > about damaging anything inside the XBox. Even if you go wrong, there > are tools that will restore the HDD to a factory state. > > However, softmods probably do take longer to apply than using a chip. > I've never soldered a chip myself. I've managed to get through the > Xebian install and the MythTV installation in fairly short order... > and my XBox can still be used to play XBox games too (except for the > XBox-live part). > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
