[mythtv-users] Awsome Case For Myth Frontend!

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Thu May 3 13:47:20 UTC 2007


On 5/3/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> 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.

nice find! I was looking for something just like this to build for my
mom's new kitchen.
Best is I don't need internal IR or VFD (since it will be sitting in a
cabinet anyway so I'll need a remote IR receiver).

-- 
Steve
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