On 8/25/2013 3:27 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: ... > But yes, an upgrade was planned; I just wanted to upgrade the damn tuners > first... I'm not really into the DIY DVR scene, but I'd think with over the air, cable, and sat all being digital now that you should be able to get a single board to do the job, multi-channel simultaneous recording and all. > Thanks for the homework with NewEgg; No problem. I have a rep to maintain after all. Maybe you didn't notice the right hand side of my email address. :) > I don't mind buying stuff from > them as long as it isn't HDDs. They can't pack worth a crap; it's > Received Wisdom on the MythTV mailing list that you *never* buy > drives from them, if you want them to last more than a year. Hadn't heard that before. I've never had a problem with any of the spinning drives I purchased from them. I had a Corsair SSD die after ~4 months, no fault of Newegg. Of the few grand I've spent with them since 2003, on parts for many new systems, repairs and upgrades, the only other problem I've had was a $20 four channel fan controller w/one dead channel outta the box. > My endgame is to replace the entire backend with an HP DL180g6, which > has 12 SAS/SATA tray slots on the front, and proper cooling. But that, > too, is down the road a bit. Are you still talking about your sister's DVR here? Build another PC and spend some of the $$ you'd save on a 65" Panasonic Plasma. Save the rest for a rainy day. The DL180G6 (discontinued BTW) with a handful of drives will cost more than the PC and plasma TV combined. -- Stan _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
