[mythtv-users] Small Form Factor Frontend

[John Baab]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Jeff Walther <trag at io.com> wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:23:56 -0600
>> From: Brian Wood <beww at beww.org>
>
>> On Thursday, August 05, 2010 05:06:08 pm JWA wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 15:36, Chuck Peters <cp at ccil.org> wrote:
>>> > http://i.dell.com/resize.aspx/optiplex-780-usff-aio_500/149/100
>>> >
>>> > I would like something small and quiet and the Dell Optiplex 780 Ultra
>>> > Small form factor look nice, but at $980 is also seems about double
>>> > what it should cost.  It would be nice to hide the machine behind the
>>> > monitor.  Has anyone built small form factors with the stands like
>>> > that?  What parts did you use?
>

Here is a review I did of System 76's Meerkat Ion:
http://www.baablogic.net/drupal/node/2

This box has been performing flawlessly since installation.  It is a
little more than the revo, but the case is much nicer, and it is much
more expandable, and has a better selection of outputs.  So I guess
the question is, does the revo do exactly what you want it to do?  If
not something Zotec based seems like a better solution.
>>> Foxconn makes a little ION system that comes with a Vesa mount:
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=foxconn+ion&x=0&y=0
>
>> Interesting, but $15 for a little black paint seems silly.
>>
>> Sure looks like a Revo, but without the eSATA port and 2.5" hard drive,
>> for the same price.
>>
>> No SPDIF port, but the Revo has the same problem.
>
> I was looking at this case yesterday:
>
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119211&cm_re=coolermaster_elite-_-11-119-211-_-Product>
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> It appears to include a mounting bracket for the back of a VESA monitors.
> I'm not sure how that works.  What if you want to use a wall mount for the
> monitor?
>
> Anyway, I thought I'd throw that out there.  I discarded it for my
> particular application, too low, but perhaps someone else will find it
> helpful.  Frys stocks it as well.
>
> Jeff Walther
>
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