Is Mac mini with win7 a good idea with 2 hauppauge hdpvr's - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

mpovolo · 2012-04-13, 09:57 PM

With limited space, was thinking 2 stb's, 2 hauppauge hd PVR's and a Mac mini. WOuld that run nicely. Mini doesn't have a dedicated GPU so not sure.

Thx

Tikker · 2012-04-14, 12:44 AM

I"m not sure it would have the horsepower to be honest

j0dest3r · 2012-04-15, 03:36 PM

Why not white box PC it with some of the new low power low profile gear available? I can totally understand the esthetics of the whole thing, but some of those cases now are pretty nice.

Myself I have an old Dell desktop hiding behind an easy recliner with cables running along the floor up to the tv including a Microsoft MCE USB remote dongle. It is not pretty and will one day build something new to put in the rack. Ether that or figure out the back end stuff so that I only need to use a game console.

Wayne · 2012-04-16, 01:14 PM

Isn't the main advantage of the Mac Mini its small size? You kind of lose that if you are hanging two HD-PVRs off of it since they are each substantially bigger than the Mac mini, not too mention the cable boxes and the bulky component cables.

The best way to do this is to have all of the boxes hidden away in the basement and to use an extender of some sort at your TV(s).

Here is my setup with two HD-PVRs, two HD STBs and one SD STB - it ain't pretty but it is in my "server room" so who cares. And this photo doesn't even include the PC.

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mpovolo Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Is Mac mini with win7 a good idea with 2 hauppauge hdpvr's With limited space, was thinking 2 stb's, 2 hauppauge hd PVR's and a Mac mini. WOuld that run nicely. Mini doesn't have a dedicated GPU so not sure. Thx

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2012-04-14, 12:44 AM	#2
Tikker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SaskTel Posts: 895	I"m not sure it would have the horsepower to be honest

2012-04-15, 03:36 PM	#3
j0dest3r Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,623	Why not white box PC it with some of the new low power low profile gear available? I can totally understand the esthetics of the whole thing, but some of those cases now are pretty nice. Myself I have an old Dell desktop hiding behind an easy recliner with cables running along the floor up to the tv including a Microsoft MCE USB remote dongle. It is not pretty and will one day build something new to put in the rack. Ether that or figure out the back end stuff so that I only need to use a game console.

2012-04-16, 01:14 PM	#4
Wayne Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Scarboro Posts: 5,568	Isn't the main advantage of the Mac Mini its small size? You kind of lose that if you are hanging two HD-PVRs off of it since they are each substantially bigger than the Mac mini, not too mention the cable boxes and the bulky component cables. The best way to do this is to have all of the boxes hidden away in the basement and to use an extender of some sort at your TV(s). Here is my setup with two HD-PVRs, two HD STBs and one SD STB - it ain't pretty but it is in my "server room" so who cares. And this photo doesn't even include the PC.