[mythtv-users] Re: motherboard selection

[martin north]

Nick Breau writes: 

> I'm looking at building a myth box using a via epia board... If I'm using a pvr-250 tuner what would be the cheapest/low-cost via epia board I could get away with ? Are there any other micro mobo's that have everything built in like the via epia ? 
> 
> thansk,
> Nick. 
> 
> 

The EPIA-M6000 (although the EPIA-M II is now out which has the addition of 
a PCIMCIA/CF slot at the back). 

The M6000 board has the MPEG2 hardware decoder and the advantage of having a 
passively cooled CPU on board, which means it is nice and quiet. 

If you are planning to do a lot of Divx/MPEG4 stuff through you really 
should get the more powerful M10000 (although it is a fan cooled CPU)