[mythtv-users] Perfect, Small, Quiet, Cheap, HD Frontend??

[Yan Seiner]

Sarah Hayes wrote:
> Jarett Creason wrote:
>   
>> Everex is going to sell these on NewEgg, supposedly, March 1st...  So,
>> anyone have any input on whether this would play 1080i and 720p HD
>> content?  It comes loaded with their gOS, but I assume, since it's all
>> standard hardware, that one could easily load another distro of their
>> choice on it??
>>     
> Looks interesting, although from the form factor I doubt you could add a 
> PCI sound card to it for 5.1+ audio.  Assuming it'll boot from the 
> optical drive (or flipped to do so in it's BIOS) you should be able to 
> install whatever you wanted on it.
>   

But for $499 it seems really pricy for what it is.  I have a flyer from 
Dell for something that specs out similar, and comes with a 20" LCD for 
$450.

Newegg better offer a honking discount if this is to fly.

--Yan