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+I'm really quite happy with MythTV at this point, except that the ITX system
+just isn't quite cutting it as the machine to go into the family room media
+center.  Mostly because it only has one PCI slot.  If the ivtv driver could
+support both input and output on the PVR-350 at the same time, it'd be nearly
+right... but...  
+
+I have an unused ATI Radeon 7500 All-In-Wonder card.  The video input and
+tuner sound like a lost cause for MythTV, but with the 
+[GATOS](http://gatos.sourceforge.net/) ati.2 driver the card
+reportedly works fine for output including NTSC.  The card also came with a
+UHF remote control that would adequately replace our "dependency" on the Sony
+DirecTV UHF remote we are using today.  So, this feels like a good output and
+remote control support card for the media center frontend.  Thus, we need an
+AGP slot.
+
+I have a Hauppauge Bt878 capture card in the ham shack machine that is unused
+since it doesn't seem to work well in the dual Celeron motherboard.  With an
+available PCI slot, MythTV should be able to use it just fine if there's enough
+CPU to compress in software.
+
+I also have a 4dwave NX audio card with optical S/PDIF output if I have a PCI
+slot and inadequate sound output support on the motherboard.
+
+So, I ordered parts for a new machine from 
+[newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/).  My first order from them, but
+others seem to think they're OK.  The components I ordered will make a 
+fairly fast
+Micro ATX system.  As long as it's not too loud, it should work out fine.
+
+* Asus [A7N266-VM](http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7n266-vm/specification.htm) 
+motherboard.  This board is cheap, has what I need, and apparently works 
+well under Linux. 
+
+* Athenatech Micro ATX Case w/200W Supply, 
+[A100BB](http://www.athenatech.us/a100bb.htm).
+
+* AMD Athlon XP 2400+, the fastest 266 FSB boxed Athlon in stock.
+
+* 512Mb PC-2100 DDR266 RAM
+
+So, hopefully, by the end of the week I'll have a more immediately suitable
+box to run MythTV on...
+
+[[!tag tags/pvr]]