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| Author: | meastp [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | VIA EPIA (will have to buy) or old PIII800mhz system? |
Hi! I'm thinking of building myself a mythTV-system, where the primary tasks will be: TV, Recording, Watch DVD, Watch DivX Xvid etc transferred from computer on TV, and perhaps in the future a DVD-recorder. 1. Buy a VIA EPIA mainboard, Hauppauge PVR150, 512MB RAM, PSU, and a PCI risercard. Will e.g the VIA EPIA ML6000EA be sufficent? How good is the TV-out quality from the integrated mpeg2-accelerated chip? 2. I have a PIII800mhz system, 256MB RAM. Will have to buy Hauppauge PVR150, a GFX card for tv-output, agp+pci risercards. How can I (re-)build this system so it'll become silent enough to have it placed below the TV? Is http://www.idiots.org.uk/vga_rgb_scart/ an option when buying GFX-card? How's the quality compared to VIA EPIA? |
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| Author: | meastp [ Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:56 am ] |
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BTW: I also have a PII 300mhz system. Perhaps that could be used if it isn't too weak? |
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| Author: | parkinpants [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | VIA tv-out |
I'm pretty happy with the tv-out on my VIA EPIA MII, I know its not the same model but I imagine it has the same tv-out chip. It looks great on a plasma tv and "as good as can be expected" when on a regular TV. Tv-out should be easy to set up aswell. Just involves enabling it in the BIOS and probably making one minor tweak to the XF86Config-4 file. |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:02 am ] |
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a 300 might work as a backend, but not a frontend. If I were getting an epia I would go with the MII I know it has a fan, but the extra processing power will really help. |
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| Author: | meastp [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:35 am ] |
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Well, I suppose I'll have to go for the MII, then. Although it's twice as expensive as the ML6000EA... 1. Is S-video the only/best option on a regular TV? I have read about VGA->RGB... would that work and give a better picture? 2. Where can I get hold of a (cheap) PSU for this motherboard? I'll build a custom case. 3. Is it possible to mount a bigger fan on the cpu and use that as the only fan in the case (I know the Hauppague-card tends to heaten up quite a bit)? |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:52 pm ] |
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I would imagine you are talking about VGA -> component, as VGA = RGB and yes it gives a better picture than svideo, however generally only hdtv's have component inputs anyways. |
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