On 7/5/05, James Oltman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/1/05, Simon Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 30 June 2005 17:19, Robert S. Kerr wrote: > > > Googling around on the web the other day I stumbled across this page > > > http://mythhd.info/ that describes a silent HDTV capable front end for > > > MythTV. > > > > > > It uses the COMMELL LV-660 Mini-ITX board with a VT1625 encoder (for > > > HDTV YPbPr output). I was curious if anyone has used this > > > configuration, and how successful they've been with it. Does it do a > > > good job, stable rendering, etc? > > > > > > All the other HDTV discussions I've seen involve insanely new CPUs that > > > require big fans and lots of noise. > > > > has anyone looked at the AOpen's i915GMm-HFS Motherboard? > > > > it has composite and dvi output and a socket for a pentium m. > > all the reviews seem to suggest that it is quiet > > > > i would buy one - but i cannot find a vendor > > > > regards > > -- > > simon > > I have also been reading about the Asus DigiMatrix PC. It is a mobo, > VERY small footprint case and power supply for around $300 US. Just > add a P4 Northwood and some PC 2700 RAM and a little know-how and you > are good to go. There are forums and other pages out there that > support Linux on this little badboy. > > http://outertrack.com/digimatrix/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=fcf77a5b8caf9559756c64b4e4e0ab4e > http://asusfan.linux-site.net/ > http://people.easter-eggs.org/~yack/digimatrix/ > > It can do up to 1080i HD on component outputs. There has also been a > LOT of work regarding it's front LED panel. > _______________________________________________
Actually looks pretty cool. I'm not real big on SiS chipsets so I'd have to get over that hurdle. I also don't care(normally) for power supply dongles but this would make the box more quiet than the power supplies in my Pundit-R's. Overall a quick look was very promising. One question - from the picture on NewEgg it looked likeit might have a tuner built in. What's the story with that? Do you know? Can this guy accept any PCI cards or is it a frontend only target? Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
