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Hi all, |
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I've recently started to set up a mythtv box for my parents. I've found |
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a USB DVB-T receiver which works perfectly and I've got the system up |
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and running on some old hardware. |
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Now I've been tasked with finding something small that can sit by their |
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TV and do it all. I've been looking at MiniITX machines with the nVidia |
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ION chipset that support 720/1080 HD playback and HDMI outputs. |
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My questions are concerning the digital output and remote controls. I've |
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only ever used HDMI/digital output on windows and it confuses me then. |
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Is there some added complexity to getting the HDMI output working |
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(including audio) with a TV? Is there anything to look out for as far as |
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compatibiliy goes? |
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And remote controls, the USB DVB-T unit comes with its own remote and |
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pretty much works out of the box even on linux. At least it works for |
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the basic up/down/left/right/enter, I really don't know enough to get |
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any more out of it. |
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The MiniITX bundle I'm looking at comes with a remote designed for media |
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centres and looks to be a million times nicer than the one from the |
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receiver, but is there going to be a lot of trouble getting it working |
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with Lirc? I only know a teeny tiny bit about Lirc, I don't know what |
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driver this remote will use so I don't know if there's likely to be any |
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compatibility issue. |
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As you can tell I'm not very hot on this stuff, so any |
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tips/help/suggestions would be much appreciated. I'd especially |
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appreciate if anyone could point to some known-good hardware for this |
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purpose. |
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Thanks |
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Matt |