On Mo, Nov 19, 2007 at 01:53:02 +0800, Alasdair Campbell wrote: > On Nov 19, 2007 1:31 AM, Magnus Hörlin <magnus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > > > Maybe it actually is about time for me to build a new VDR. > > > I'll probably take a look at the Reel Extension HD PCI. > > > But that means I'll also need a new motherboard with at least > > > five PCI slots (for 3 DVB-S cards, 1 DVB-T and the Extension HD). > > > On my desktop PC I'm using a passively cooled Pentium M with 1.86GHz, > > > which works really good, so maybe that's also a viable choice for > > > a new VDR. I guess it goes without saying that modern motherboards > > > have a gigabit Ethernet port and graphics on board. > > > Does anybody have a recommendation for such a board? > > Can't you just buy a 2nd hand Pentium 4 board and another P4 mobile? > Save the environment and your wallet! No gigabit ethernet, but stick a > Matrox in the AGP slot and get component PAL output.. matrox G450 > costs 10 euros.. Hmm HDTV with a matrox card???????? Halim _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr