Thanks much.
On 1/23/06, H P Ladds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mind me asking -- what Distro and did you update your Hauppauge > WinTV-150 drivers/firmware? > > I foobared my card by improperly updating the firmware (using yum -- > not the method prescribed by Video4Linux ). Now my machine fails to > recognize the card. I suspect that updating the firmware of an > unrecognized card will be a challenge, but I found drivers/firmware at > V4L and am wondering if I'm on the right path. > > Thanks for any help you might offer. > > Preston > > On 1/23/06, John Biundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian Wood wrote: > > > With some recent discussion here about CPUs and costs I wonder what > > > the "average" cost of a MythTV machine might be. > > > > > I bet this is the most common question for those considering jumping > > into mythtv. I certainly wondered, and found it hard to really pin down > > what an adequate machine would be. I ended up establishing a budget, > > which I thought was a bit on the generous side, and just purchasing to > > that budget (well, going over a *little* ;-). > > > > I ended up spending around $850 including shipping and tax for all-new > > components. My system has an AMD64 3200+ (venice core), Asus A8N-E > > mobo, Antec Overture II, PVR-150, GeForce 5200 video card, 512MB Ram, > > 200GB Seagate Sata drive. I figured for an extra $100, I'd buy in the > > sweet spot for CPUs, which was the biggest cost driver (I could have > > saved around $100 for a cheaper but adequate CPU and corresponding > > mobo). Hard to figure how I could have saved much more than that on new > > components (maybe another $25 on a cheaper disk drive, but c'mon!). All > > this was from newegg, which was within +/- 5% of the lowest on-line cost > > around. > > > > I'm generally happy with it, though the Overture is noisier than I > > wanted (which I would have seen if I'd done more research on it; I'm > > still hopeful of being able to quiet it when I finally turn my attention > > there). I'm also having an oddball problem which may still turn out to > > be hardware related, so I'm not 100% ready to recommend this combination > > yet. > > > > Anyway, I wanted to say that this topic is probably extremely valuable > > for newcomers, and hopefully is something that can get folded into the > > wiki (I know there's been a lot of recent talk about "personal > > profiles", and this data would fit nicely. I know there's a mythtv > > hardware database out there, and it's an OK resource, but it's missing > > pricing information, and doesn't seem to be all that active/current. > > > > Just my .02. > > > > john > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
