[mythtv-users] prebuilt high definition frontend vendors

[Mitchell Gore]

I wonder why you want to buy a pre-built system?  If you are going to build your own backend it must not be the technical aspect.  You could build a system much cheaper..Plus.   3 ghz Celeron would be a little be taxed i believe.  You couldn enable XvMC  if you had a Nvdia video card but the web site says nothing about what card it uses.  I assume its a Nvdia with the component out... my 2 centsMitchellDate: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:12:20 -0500From: mythtvdc at gmail.comTo: mythtv-users at mythtv.orgSubject: [mythtv-users] prebuilt high definition frontend vendorsHas anyone bought the Hannibal prebuilt Mythtv system from http://www.tvease.net?  I'm thinking of buying one to use as a high definition front end.  The url to the model that I am thinking of getting is:
http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tvease/Search?category=media+centers%3AhannibalThe machine's specs look pretty good for $499 and it can play high definition via vga, component video, or dvi.  I plan to build the backend myself since it will be in a different room and can be noisy.  The case used in the Hannibal was rated as the quietest in a test by arstechnica [or another tech site].  Are there any other vendors selling prebuilt Mythtv systems that I should be looking at that are silent or near silent around the same price?  If I go with the Hannibal, I'll pull the hard drive out and netboot the system over the LAN.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.David

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