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Posted by Freewheeling on 08/27/06 18:34
Wes Newell wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:08:25 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
>
>> Well, Knoppix didn't work. It gets to the end of the installation, and
>> just starts intermittently "flashing" some stuff on the screen. I let
>> it go for close to an hour, and it just kept flashing. Tried both
>> version 4 and version 5, with the same result.
>>
> That's strange.
>
>> Again, if I wanted to set up a system to play HDTV off of
>> cable/internet/phone what would I need to get? A new hard drive
>> probably, right? (I currently have 2 40 GB drives, but they'd obviously
>> be unsufficient for TIVO.) A new CPU probably, also? And a new video card?
>>
> For cable, you'll need a QAM capable tuner. Phone? (Fios maybe, don't
> know). Internet, you can forget for HDTV. 1080i broadcast take about 7GB
> per hour. 720p about 4GB per hour. SD only takes about 1GB per hour.
>
>> I wonder why Knoppix behaves this way? Perhaps it's the same problem
>> that I have with video? Some sort of intermittent problem? Some
>> hardware conflict?
>
> Maybe that IRQ sharing you have.
>
I got this creature:
http://tinyurl.com/rvoaf
(Used http://www.tinyurl.com to resolve wrap problem for long URLs)
It will at least solve my DVD playback, although it didn't actually say
it was QAM tuner capable. If not, I suppose I can bring it back for an
exchange. But they only had three TV/Video AGP cards available, and
this was the cheapest.
Now, I suppose I'll need to upgrade the HD (if I intend to use TIVO) and
the processor, in that order. I'd still like a more substancial hint on
what to use as a processor. I just can't figure out what all the
nomenclature is about. Can you just suggest something in the $60-$70 range?
Thanks for all your help, BTW. Usenet is fantastic, as are you!
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