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<div>I don't really need a PCI slot since I'll be using it as a front-end only box. And I need component, not DVI, since my receiver currently will switch between component video sources (makes the whole setup easier for people to understand).
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<div>I didn't know openchrome was still in beta though... not sure if I want to slap down $600 for something that will "kind of" work.</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">R. G. Newbury</b> <<a href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org">newbury@mandamus.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">matt lutz wrote:<br>><br>> Has anyone tried using one of the new nano-itx boards from via? It has<br>
> the VT1625 decoder chip in it, so it would make a pretty<br>> good small/quiet HD box. I'm probably going to buy one, I just wanted<br>> to see if anyone has had any issues with it.<br>><br><br>Those boards don't have any PCI slots, only min-pci...There is a
<br>flexible cable mini-pic to pci adapter available from a place called<br>Interface Masters, but that might not work...<br><br>HOWEVER, the new EN150000 mini-itx boards also use the VT1625 chip and<br>are otherwise basically the same as the SP series motherboards.
<br><br>And the EN series has an available LVDS/DVI daughterboard so you can<br>have DVI output if desired. I have not seen any mention of a<br>daughterboard for the nano boards. And since the idea *is* HD, there si<br>a good chance that a DVI output is what you want in order to send output
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