[mythtv-users] Small Form Factor Frontend

[Andre]

On 11 Aug 2010, at 14:40, Robert Siebert wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:05:28 +0200, Andre <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk>
> wrote:
>> On 10 Aug 2010, at 19:35, Tom Dexter wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Not to threadjack, but on a similar note, does anyone know of a good
>>>> quite small formfactor that I can use as BE/FE combined?  I would love
>>>> it to have a PCI slot so I can keep my PVR-350 and either a firewire
>>>> port or another slot to put a card in.  I would uise VDAPUA and not
>>>> concerned about speed b/c I never transcode and commercial detection
>>>> would not need to be real time.
>>>> 
>>>> Aside from my two first requirements, I would think a Revo would be
>>>> perfect.  I do not want to add a second machine to be a backend, so
>>>> please no suggestions of that.
>>> 
>>> I have a SFF Dell 4700C as a frontend.  As far as VDPAU goes, I've yet
>>> to see a SFF Nvidia card (let alone fanless) that can do any of the
>>> quality deinterlacing.  If anyone's has I'd like to know.
>> 
>> That would be great or even a small case & MB that can take a
>> GT220/240 and a PCI or PCIe tuner card?
>> 
>> A couple of my sat feeds are in the living room and it's expensive to
>> re-route them or get more installed in an apartment building so I have
>> a slave BE/FE there, it works ok but is too big and too noisy.
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Tom
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> I use the Silverstone LC19 case (black with cardreader). 
> It look awesome an fits perfectly on the AV-receiver. It can hold also
> Micro-ATX borads and PCI cards with the included riser card.
> 
> http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=lc19&area=

Not seen that one before, looks great.

Manual seems to suggest it's PCIe OR PCI not PCIe AND PCI :-(
Almost perfect....

Seems I'm looking for something in the wasteland between "small & cute" and "big & ugly", this is the closest I've seen so far and I might be re-thinking my requirements around this one.

Thanks

Andre

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