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Posted by Wes Newell on 08/28/06 04:49
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:34:45 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
> 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.
>
IMO, you're wasting your money on crap like that. And no, it won't do QAM.
And when NTSC is disconbtinued in Feb. 2009, it won't do much of anything
except be a video card.
> Now, I suppose I'll need to upgrade the HD (if I intend to use TIVO) and
> the processor, in that order.
What Tivo? I don't understand what you're saying. I dumped my Tivo and all
my DVR's over 6 months ago. They won't record digital broadcast.
> 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?
>
AMD 754 Sempron 3100+.
> Thanks for all your help, BTW. Usenet is fantastic, as are you!
I think you're jumping into this too fast. Their are many many things to
consider before buying anything. If you've definately settled on regular
or HD cable, then that All in wonder probably won't even work for you to
record. And there aren't any Tivos that will record cable HDTV. The S3
should work if you can afford it whenever it's released. See last line in
sig.
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