Re: Showshifter vs. Tivo - the final score, Sky + Wins

[Andy Laurence <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> > Case
> > 1U Maplin case
> > <no link - site down>
> > =A335
>
> LOL...yer aving a LAUGH mate :)
> Small matter of PSU (50-100 quid for 1U high one).  The Maplins
&=
quot;case" will
> be an empty box at that price, no drive bays, fans etc.

OK, but there's a multitude of cases out there for =A335 and less. 
It=
doesn't 
have to be a 1U rackmount does it?

> > Mobo & CPU
> > Via board
>
> http://ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=
=3Dc2VsZWN0X3Byb2R1Y3Rfb
>3 ZlcnZpZXc=3D&product_uid=3D34732
>
> > =A381.65 +VAT (=A395.94)
>
> I ran SS with 1.4GHz athlon.  I would severly doubt the wheezy
VI=
A CPU
> would be very good at the number crunching involved in video.

Well, I've reliably run video capture on a PII 333, and my Athlon 600 can
<=
BR>
cope with 28fps with just 128MB of RAM and a very old HDD.

> > TV Card
> > PCI TV/radio card
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?ac=
tion=3Dc2VsZWN0X3Byb2R1Y
>3 Rfb3ZlcnZpZXc=3D&product_uid=3D33705
>
> > =A334.02 +VAT (=A339.97)
>
> Is there TV Out on this card??

No, but the via board has it.

> > Total dent in wallet?
> > =A3297.97
>
> And it's still not got control of your cable/sat box, and you can't
co=
ntrol
> IT by IR either.

OK, IR controller can be bought from a guy on uk.adverts.computer for
=A310=
, 
and an IR blaster still keeps it cheap.

Andy


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