[mythtv-users] Sony Vaio, perhaps?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Apr 2 20:15:31 UTC 2009


On Thursday 02 April 2009 11:03:02 Travis Tabbal wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Daniel Dunning <dan3501 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The cost of the setup at Costco is $799.
>
> You can buy one of the new Mac Minis for less than that. And it can do
> VDPAU. Add a firewire HD for storage and a tuner if you want it to be a
> backend as well. I'd recommend the HDHR, a little more expensive, but dual
> tuner and network connected so it will work with any foreseeable future
> computers. If there is ever an AppleTV using a VDPAU chipset, those would
> make a great frontend machine. The Mac Mini also includes a supported IR
> receiver. The HDHR also has an IR receiver.
>
> Another option that doesn't look bad with the entertainment gear is a self
> build. Here's the parts list I used for my frontend only machine. You could
> add a hard drive and tuner to make it a combo box. I boot from the USB
> stick, you could probably run the database from it. You could also add a
> small cheap HDD for the OS and database if you like. I have found it to
> make a big difference on my machine to separate the database from the
> recordings drive. It didn't matter at first, but as the system got more
> use, it did. And I have run the optimize scripts. The motherboard used has
> HDMI out, but I don't know if sound is working over it as I don't use
> digital sound on that box. I am using it for video output though. It also
> has an optical SPDIF port, so there are options. Not as small as a laptop
> or mac mini, but cheaper and works just as well.
>
> https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=12283828

That URL is not very useful, unless you want to post your login credentials, 
in which case I will be ordering you a BUNCH of new stuff :-)

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