[mythtv-users] Mini-ITX Sized P4 Board with TV-Out and SPDIF Out!

[Iohan Reyes]

Anyone find a good small case with a quiet power supply that this can be 
used with? (preferably in a horizontal form factor rather vertical)

--On Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:15 AM -0700 Micah Morton 
<micah at oregontech.net> wrote:

> A P5 1.5Ghz proc (with ht) is only 125 bucks.. Pushing the total to 355.
>
> Yes, the one PCI slot would be used for video input. A tuner-based
> solution.  CPU fans come with most P4 CPU's bundled in a retail box.
>
> Even with a celeron, the box would more than outperform a VIA motherboard.
>
> --Micah Morton
>
>
>> Hi Micah,
>>
>> Two questions...
>>
>> 1) What about video input?  I only see video out.  Did I miss that or
>> would you use the one PCI slot for vid capture (tuner)?
>>
>> 2) That price doesn't include a processor, right?  So add another $180
>> or so for a P4 bringing the total cost to $230 + $180 = $410 (and then
>> add a CPU fan, and the tuner card), right?  Or, are you gonna try it
>> with a Celeron?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JC
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Micah Morton" <micah at oregontech.net>
>> To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:52 PM
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Mini-ITX Sized P4 Board with TV-Out and SPDIF
>> Out!
>>
>>
>>> I found this board a couple months ago and finally got my account set
>>> up at the place that distributes them in the US.  I can now sell these
>>> things cheap-o!! Here's the link
>>>
>>> http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LV-670.HTM
>>>
>>> Contact me via email and let me know if you are interested in getting
>>> a couple of these.
>>>
>>> I can sell them for 230bucks a pop.  Thats just enough to cover the
>>> product and shipping on my end.  I make no money on this sale. As a
>>> mythtv enthusiast, I would love to see some people use these things
>>> and make a really awesome mythbox.  One cool difference is that they
>>> have coaxial tv-out with simultaneous SPDIF, unlike the VIA, where its
>>> a shared port that you switch with a jumper. Intel has linux drivers
>>> online for their video (which I am unsure of as far as tv-out support
>>> goes).
>>>
>>> Anyways, email me directly and let me know if you would like to get
>>> one of these boards.
>>>
>>> I cannot make any guarantees whether or not they will work, but they
>>> look fairly solid.. I'm going to get one for myself for sure.
>>>
>>> --Micah Morton
>>> --micah at oregontech.net
>>>
>>>
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