[mythtv-users] Cheap Possible Frontend

[Brian Wood]

On May 7, 2006, at 4:59 PM, David Whyte wrote:

> On 5/8/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> I went ahead and ordered one, since I already have a hard drive
>
> You did note that it was 2.5" laptop hard drive that is required.

Yes, I noticed that. It needs a laptop-style optical drive as well, I  
have one left over from when I upgraded one of my notebooks to a DVD- 
burner. For the most part those are interchangeable, though you  
usually have to swap the bezel.

I saw a 4Gb. no-moving-part laptop drive the other day, obviously  
using RAM, but it was a drop-in replacement for a 2.5" form factor  
drive. Might be interesting to try one of those, but it cost twice  
what this little computer does. It would be quiet though, but laptop  
drives are pretty silent anyway.
>
> Anyways, good luck with it, let us know how you go.

I certainly will, whether I get it working in a useful manner or not,  
if it works somebody else might want to use one, and if it doesn't it  
might save somebody some $$$ :-)

Thanks for the pointer.