[mythtv-users] what is the cat's ass of integrated "set top box" like hardware now?

Paul Gardiner lists at glidos.net
Thu Jul 21 10:05:56 UTC 2011


On 21/07/2011 10:26, Tim Draper wrote:
>
> On 21 July 2011 09:12, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net
> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 20/07/2011 17:09, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>      > On 20/07/2011 16:37, Tim Draper wrote:
>      >>
>     http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/ASRock-Vision-3D-Core-i3-370M-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-DVD-RW-NVIDIA-GT425M-Black-Mini-HTPC-PC-%5BNo-Operating-System%5D_35642.html,
>      >> although it's a bit bigger than your revo form factor and also a bit
>      >> more expensive. that would certainly do a BE+FE system.
>      >
>      > Coo! Nice.  Any idea whether the motherboard (hopefully with graphics
>      > buit in) is available separately?
>
>     No? Was that a stupid question then? I was just thinking I could replace
>     the motherboard in my existing frontend if this CPU and graphics
>     chip come in fanless form on a standard mini-itx mobo. I'd quite like
>     to be able to use the Advanced x2 deinterlacer and I'd like my menus
>     a bit faster, but I don't want to fork out for the completel
>     system.
>
>     P.
>
> http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=100002&lang=en
> <http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=100002&lang=en>
> have some atom/ion based machines.
> zotac are usually high on my list for HTPC/ITX hardware.

Thanks, but I have a Zotac ION board at the moment. I was wondering if
there was a mini-itx board that had i3 and the GT425M? (Or is the GT425M
a separate card?)

P.


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