even more media woes
Aaaaaaaaaaaagh. My latest adventure into trying to find my perfect hardware multimedia system has failed once again. What a pain in the booty. I won’t even go into what I tried this time because I’ve already embarrased myself enough.
Someone out there has got to know something that will work. Here’s what I’m looking for:
- A decent PVR or a frontend to MythTV
- Extremely quiet
- No monthly subscription fees
- Decent video output quality
That’s it. That’s my short list. I don’t care what form it comes in, whether it’s a desktop with a completely silent fan, a hacked Tivo, a beefed up Mini-ITX or a toaster in a cardboard box. As long as it’s quiet, puts out a good picture, and I don’t have to shell out $$$ each month, I’ll be extremely happy. I don’t even care if it means I have to record all my shows in MPEG2. That’s great. That’s fine. There’s gotta be something. Everything I’ve tried or every idea I’ve come up with has really sucked.
From what I can tell, *nothing* is going to replace having a nice beefy computer box, which I would do in a heartbeat except they put off a lot of noise. I’m sensitive to sound though, and I have a really low tolerance for noise sometimes so it really does have to be near silent, and the last thing I need is another wind tunnel.
If someone has any ideas, please slap it down. I’m losing my mind.