[mythtv-users] what's the current favorite mini-{i, a}tx for hdtv out (vga or DVI)

Reza Naima reza at reza.net
Mon Feb 12 04:03:41 UTC 2007


How well does the M2NPV-VM work with your distibution.  Can it output
1080i based on your configuration.  Will it work with just 512M?  

Thanks,
Reza

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 04:08:42PM -0800, Paul Bender sent me this...
> Reza Naima wrote:
> > Which motherboard are you using?
> 
> You can find my configuration here 
> <http://home.san.rr.com/benderfamily/network/mythtv/>.
> 
> The motherboard is no longer available from newegg. As a result, friends 
> have replaced the motherboard with the ASUS M2NPV-VM 
> <http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131014> and the 
> appropriate AM2 socketed Athlon 64 3200+ CPU 
> <http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103031>.
> 
> > As far as the Mac Mini's go, it sounded great, but not being able to
> > output 1080i resultion is a deal breaker.  Is there any chance of this
> > improving?
> > 
> > The Epia EX seems very promising, but I'm not sure when that's going to
> > come out.  It's even got component video out!
> > 
> > Reza
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 07:02:25PM -0800, Paul Bender sent me this...
> >> Reza Naima wrote:
> >>> Nope, My bad.  Anything is fine.  
> >> For my front ends, I use an NVIDIA 6150 based Micro ATX motherboard with 
> >> an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU. This system handles HDTV playback without 
> >> using XvMC. With a case, 1024MB of memory and a DVD drive, a front end 
> >> is less than $400 US. My front ends do not have hard disks because they 
> >> boot over the network.
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