[mythtv-users] Advice on a silent PC/Mini ITX for DVI and DVB-T (maybe -S)

[Nicholas Piper]

Oliver,

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008, Oliver Maunder wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Nicholas Piper

> >  I could get the EX10000EG Motherboard
> >  with Fanless 1GHz C7 CPU -
> >  http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=186 This
> >  has the 'advantage' of the HD-capable CX700M2 graphics processor, but
> >  as of right now, this isn't supported for mpeg2 decoding -

> I've got that board. After a lot of effort I've got it just about
> working. I can't get anywhere with hardware deciding, but it has
> enough power to decode SD MPEG2 and 4 in software. You can forget
> about HD! It serves my needs adequately for now, but I wouldn't buy it
> again.

> In short - avoid! It looks great on paper, but you'd be better off
> with something else.

Thanks for letting me know about this. It's very useful to hear your
opinion! At the moment, I'm going with a
made-from-borrowed-or-spare-bits PC.

 Nick