Just bought a Core Solo Mini!

[afultz075]

So I just snagged a Core Solo Mini off of Ebay for a very nice price.
Im planning on using it as a complement to my 23" LCD TV. How well will this work for recording TV with a EyeTV Tuner and then playing it on the TV considering it's the Solo model?
Also, it's coming with 1GB RAM, however, I have 2GB of ram from upgrading to 4GB in my SR MBP. Will this RAM work in the Mini?

 

[lallenlowe]

sweet deal

it's gonna work great man, especially if the usb device you get does the encoding first. But it'll work just fine for that, hmmm, maybe not HD, but everything else will be great.

 

[TheQuestion]

So I just snagged a Core Solo Mini off of Ebay for a very nice price.
Im planning on using it as a complement to my 23" LCD TV. How well will this work for recording TV with a EyeTV Tuner and then playing it on the TV considering it's the Solo model?
Also, it's coming with 1GB RAM, however, I have 2GB of ram from upgrading to 4GB in my SR MBP. Will this RAM work in the Mini?

I have no problems with a very similar setup for the exact same purpose. I have only 1 GB ram and it works just fine.

 

[afultz075]

Also, am I gonna have to do any tweaking to get the Mini to run at the 1366x768 resolution of my TV?

 

[gkarris]

Also, am I gonna have to do any tweaking to get the Mini to run at the 1366x768 resolution of my TV?

Core Solo will only operate at 480i/p. Core Duo is what you need for 720p/1080i.

You could look into an upgrade CPU if you are going to upgrade the memory...

 

[redshift20]

Core Solo will only operate at 480i/p. Core Duo is what you need for 720p/1080i.

You could look into an upgrade CPU if you are going to upgrade the memory...

Why would the processor limit the capabilities of the video card? Whether or not the Core Solo Mini will put out 720/1080 is purely a result of the video processor & amount of memory available to it.

 

[Cave Man]

Why would the processor limit the capabilities of the video card? Whether or not the Core Solo Mini will put out 720/1080 is purely a result of the video processor & amount of memory available to it.

The mini uses the GMA950, so the Core Solo has to help it.

 

[gkarris]

Why would the processor limit the capabilities of the video card? Whether or not the Core Solo Mini will put out 720/1080 is purely a result of the video processor & amount of memory available to it.

Here's the specs from Elgato Systems:

http://www.elgato.com/content/en/systemreqhybridna.php

System Requirements
EyeTV Hybrid
Macintosh® with a PowerPC® G4, G5 or Intel Core® processor
256 MB of physical RAM (512 MB recommended)
a built-in USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.4 or later. Internet connection required to download Program Guide data.
Note: 720p or 1080i HD features require a Dual PowerPC G5 or an Intel Core Duo processor. Analog TV recorded via software encoder, quality depends on CPU performance.