[linux-dvb] Re: HDD-Limitations -- How About Noise

["Kyler B. Laird" <laird@ecn.purdue.edu>]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:18:57 +0100 you wrote:
>Thanks to the people who answered my question about hardware;
>now that I know that speed is not a big issue, my main concern
>will be noise as the box will be sitting in my living room
>under the TV. I have been reading all I can on quiet PCs,
>on slashdot and other places, and there seems to be quite
>a few options.

I tried an NLX system, but it stays in the living
room.  (It has a fan.)  For the bedroom I bought
an iDVD 3036 (no fan).
	http://www.allwell.tv/Products/iDVD_set_top_box/idvd_set_top_box.html

For the first stage, I plan to have a KFir card
in the iDVD box connected to my satellite receiver.
The hard drive will be in one of my office 
computers.  Later, I hope to get a DVB card or two
and put them in a remote computer, also.  (I'm
tempted to put these in a computer that's up in the
attic, a few feet from the dish.)

>I just wanted to ask you guys if noise is
>a problem? Or do you just crank up the volume? :-)

I leave my computers on all the time and I get
annoyed if I try to sleep and my Sony VCR is still
in "standby" mode (where the video head is still
spinning), so I am not willing to put up with any
constant noise other than a switching power supply.
(I plan to rip DVDs to the remote disk for playback
so that I can shut off the DVD drive.)

I'm planning on giving a review of the iDVD box
here as soon as I test it a bit.  I'd like to see a
platform like this that we can all point to and say
"This works if you want to..."  I think it will
help bring new people into the community.  ("Buy
this.  Install this.  You'll have a silent
networked video recorder, DVD player, satellite
receiver, music player and game console.")

Add a backend appliance (file server and network 
firewall) to support it and local Linux groups
could provide complete home systems.  What a hit
that could be for Christmas!

--kyler


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