Free Technology in the Living Room
MythTV is a freedom softare project that puts YOU in control of your digital life. By turning standard PC hardware into a networked, cable/satelite connected Personal Home Entertainment System, you can literally sit on your couch and surf the internet while recording a show, and even video phone a friend across the globe - for free (or the price of your internet connection).
What is it again?
- What is MythTV?
- MythTV is an open source PVR project. In addition to the traditional PVR functions, it has the following (official) modules
- MythArchive: Allows you to create DVDs of recorded shows1
- MythBrowser: Browse the Internet from your couch.
- MythDVD: DVD player and backup
- MythGallery: Image viewer and slide show module.
- MythGame: Frontend for various emulators and PC games.
- MythMusic: Store and listen to your music collection.
- MythNews: RSS newsfeed module.
- MythPhone: Video conference from your couch.
- MythVideo: Frontend for playing videos (MPEGs, XVID, etc) files.
- MythWeather: Frontend for getting the weather forecast.
- MythWeb: Control various aspects of MythTV from a web browser.
More modules are available as 3rd-party modules.
My Build
I am putting together the components and Building a MythTV Home Theater
FAQ and Manuals
http://www.mysettopbox.tv/pamphlet.html is the complete KnoppMyth Pamphlet
Vendors
http://mythic.tv/ Sells the Dragon 2.0 system for ~$1,400 In addition to community involvement, they publish the complete specs for their system so you can build your own if you'd rather.
Dragon v2.0 system specs Included hardware * CASE: black Silverstone LC-17B HTPC case * PSU: 16dB(A) Nexus NX-4090 400W PSU **BUY IT** * MOTHERBOARD: Intel DG655WH * CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 OR upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 * RAM: 1GB (2x512MB) DDR2-667 / PC2-5300 RAM OR upgrade to 2GB (2x1GB) OR upgrade to 4GB (4x1GB) * CPU HEATSINK: stock Intel Core 2 Duo heatsink OR upgrade to Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu plus ZM-CS1 socket 775 adapter * DVD-RW: multi-format, super-quiet Lite-On SHW 160PS * HDD: 320GB Western Digital Caviar RE enterprise-class quiet SATA HDD (WD3200YS) OR upgrade to 500GB (WD5000YS) * GRAPHICS CARD: passively-cooled ASUS EN6200LE/TD/64M with DVI / VGA / composite OR upgrade to passively-cooled Gigabyte GeForce 7300GS (GV-NX73G128D-RH) with DVI / VGA / S-Video OR upgrade to passively-cooled EVGA GeForce 7600GS (256-P2-N549-T2)) * SOUNDCARD: onboard analog audio OR upgrade to Chaintech AV-710 with optical S/PDIF for digital audio **BUY IT** * TUNER CARDS: 2x AirStar-HD5000AV-PCI **BUY IT** * REMOTE CONTROL: StreamZap IR Remote **BUY IT** * 1x 80w ATA133 IDE cable and 1x SATA cable (included with motherboard) * 1x power cord