[Cialug] Slightly OT: MythTV motherboard question

[Dwight Hubbard]

> That's a nifty little box. Could be a big seller for Apple. Wouldn't it
> be fun to have one of those hooked up to the 30" cinema display?

I was think more along the lines of hooking the DVI up to my 56" big
screen HDTV/Monitor. :-)

> But for a media center :
>
> - no tv-out (unless your TV has DVI or VGA input)

The Svideo/Composite adapter is $20.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9267G/A

> - only one 1/8" headphone / speaker output
> - no spdif
> - no surround sound
> - no audio input

The mac supports USB audio devices if you need surround sound, spidf or a
microphone headset.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=T3041LL/A
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit-main.html

I'm curious however, if the headphone jack can do stereo output and mono
input/output like some other computers.  Apple's site doesn't have much
detail on the audio capablities :-(

> - no tv tuner expansion (unless it's external USB or FireWire)

Not a real issue with MythTV and a seperate backend.