[mythtv-users] Inexpensive, preassembled, VDPAU-friendly frontends

[jedi]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 08:24:42AM -0500, greg12866 wrote:
> Yeechang Lee wrote:
> > Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> says:
> >   
> >> Just an update to testing VDPAU under the atom 330 and a PCI nvidia
> >> 8400. All I can say is WOW.
> >>     
> >
> > I'm a software person, not a hardware person; I can handle installing
> > drives, RAM, and cards, but beyond that I prefer to buy prebuilt.
> >
> > For my next frontend, I'd appreciate suggestions on any preassembled,
> > inexpensive (let's say under $500) and/or compact Atom- or other
> > low-power CPU-based boxes that are VDPAU-ready. Most Shuttle PCs are
> > too expensive except the KPCs, which use Intel video. A netbook might
> > be ideal, except I don't know of any with DVI output, let alone
> > onboard Nvidia 8-series video.
> >
> >   
> Building a computer today is pretty easy...If you can install memory and 
> hard drives, i am sure you could do the rest of the install..
> Years gone by it was a major pain to set-up a machine,today it's plug 
> and play....

    I dunno. The last intel Socket 775 CPU I put into a board was a royal 
PITA what with those annoying 4 clips. It was like I was doing a chinese 
finger puzzle with a bunch of expensive fragile electronics.

    The rest was a breeze though...