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<div>Hi Michael,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I'm actually in the process of selecting parts for a Mythbox that is actually going to be for my family, so I want to get it right the first time as much as you do. I put together a list of parts <a href="http://www.wishlistr.com/yopowa/">here</a>. The links and comments are all in German, but the names of the products are the same everywhere, so I hope it helps you.</div><div>As for the case, Zalman and OrigenAE both have very "appliance-looking" cases. You probably wouldn't want to go with the one I picked because it will be a pain to get the touchscreen to work with Myth and it's expensive, but the rest of it is a pretty awesome Dual-DVB-S-tuner Mythbox. Actually, it probably is a bit overkill, but that way, you have a lot of resources to work with.</div><div>I did check if every single part worked with linux and also put some "notes" in the list (f.i. which drivers the tuner cards need, and a page with BIOS updates for the mainboard that supposedly make S3 Suspend-to-RAM work perfectly (but maybe it does with the standard one now, too... the thread I got the link from was pretty old...).</div><div>I hope the list helps you (=</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>regards,</div><div>Nils</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>Michael Nguyen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hey guys,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">So, a friend has been thinking of giving MythTV a go, but he is a pure<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Windows guy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I thought I'd do something nice and build him a snazzy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">MythTV box since I'm quite a bit better with Linux than he is.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Since<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">it's a gift, I'd really like to get it right the first time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">guys were building a dream MythTV box, what would you buy?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I want to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">get something pretty as well so that it looks like a real appliance (I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">was looking at those Shuttle cases).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you guys were building something for your mother, what would you get?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Michael</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mythtv-users mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>