On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike LaPlante</b> <<a href="mailto:mike@dividia.net">mike@dividia.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Craig Partin wrote:<br>> Can it play HD in linux? Are there drivers for all of the hardware in<br>> this thing? If so it could be the ultimate frontend for flatscreen HD<br>> sets.<br>><br>><br>I'm thinking the same. I'm guessing all hardware has Linux support since
<br>there is a "ship with Linux" option. Also, if this device is the same as<br>this (<a href="http://www.fiire.com/fiire-station.php">http://www.fiire.com/fiire-station.php</a>) which is used with<br>LinuxMCE, then I'd say hardware compatibility should not be an issue.
<br>HD remains the only big question for me. I might see if I can find some<br>LinuxMCE users success stories on this thing, hopefully some of them<br>have been using it for HD. Also kind of hoping that without the Fiire<br>
Station branding it could be found somewhere cheaper than $899.<br><br>Oh, and I'd like to confirm that the VESA mount is "pass through" like<br>you can still use wall mount after putting the PC on the back. Anyone know?
<br><br>Mike<br></blockquote></div><br>I read a little more on the Fiire site, and found a link to a
quick start guide for the Fiire Stations. It shows that the VESA mount
is "pass through", but I'm not sure if it's the 75 or 100mm
standard... <br><br>Also, they claim, "The FiireStation runs LinuxMCE and can be
used as a standard medium-performance PC. However, it also has
specialized video decoding hardware to provide the best video quality,
and offload all video processing, including sophisticated 1080i
de-interlacing, OpenGL 3D effects, and alpha blending, all in the video
hardware."
<br><br>• Processor: Via Eden 1.5 Ghz. Ultra low power 9 watt in the vertical mount version, and 20 watt in the set top box version<br>• RAM: 512MB<br>• Internal Hard drive for operating system: 40GB. All system drives in
<br> the FiireEngine are mounted for data storage.<br>• Network: Gigabit Ethernet<br>• Video: Via UniChrome Pro II, with proprietary drivers and special<br> alpha blended MPEG 2/4 and WMV9 acceleration<br><br>Has anyone used this before that can tell us if you actually can play HD on these with MythTV?
<br><br>Jarett<br>