[mythtv-users] A8N-VM CSM success

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/8/06, Mark Lehrer <mark at knm.org> wrote:
>
> > Neither of these boards come with digital audio output? What a huge
> > ommision! I'd be more than willing to give up two useless USB2 ports
> > for an optical or digital audio output so this board can properly be
> > used for HDTV...
>
> There is an S/PDIF connector available, but it plugs into the
> motherboard and uses a slot.  Not good, but better than nothing.
>
> Mark

I'd consider it quite good. My thinking is a cheap(relatively), HD
capable, *small* frontend. With everything on board for no fuss. My
only complaint was the lack of digital audio output, which both boards
solve with a breakout card (still I'd rather give up a couple USB
ports, but better than nothing). With all the required's onboard, one
would not have to use the PCI slots so having the digital audio
outputs on a breakout slot is fine. So for ~<$500 you could have one
of these two boards, an Athlon64 3200+, 512MB of RAM, a 40GB hdd and a
nice miniATX hometheatre case ala Silverstone or whomever your
prefered case vendor is. Which puts you into "Mac Mini territory".

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Steve
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