[mythtv-users] General purpose frontend for 300 bucks?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jason Weida <jason.m.weida at gmail.com> wrote:
> Any reason this (Zotac MAG HD-ND01) is not a perfect general purpose
> frontend?  I'm assuming that Flash 10.1 will give me reasonable GPU
> accelerated YouTube/Hulu playback right now, but I don't currently have any
> ION systems to test with.  No OS installed, just the hardware in an
> attractive package.  Not available to order today, so I'm signed up to be
> notified.
>

They were commented on in the mythtvnz list recently
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/407482

They look good, but you are probably paying for a HD that you might
not want in a quiet frontend. Personally I would put the hard drive to
use in my laptop (assume it is 2.5" drive from the overall size).