[mythtv-users] Awsome Case For Myth Frontend!

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu May 3 13:28:47 UTC 2007


Bryan Mayland wrote:
> Gregg wrote:
>>  I found this.  Pic it looks like it takes a standard laptop dvd/cd drive.
>>
>> http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CeBIT_2007/Hiper/images/hiper11.jpg
>>
>> I am not sure about the fans, but it looks like the power supply is
>> external, I will do some more research and see if I can find out what
>> the guts look like :)
>>   
>     I posted a link to a review of it, and the power supply was internal 
> and it takes a laptop *slot loading* optical drive, which there aren't a 
> whole lot of.  It also needs a special low-profile CPU cooler.

The slot-load laptop type optical drives are in fact very common. Any of
the outfits that repair or upgrade the Apple notebooks have them in
quantity, both CD and CD/DVD.

They are not cheap though, anything designed for a laptop will cost more
and perform less well.


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