[Cialug] Slightly OT: MythTV motherboard question

[Tom Pohl]

There is a nice port of mythfrontend for OSX so you could have a 
backend running in the basement/closet and a mac mini hooked to the tv:
http://www.apple.com/macmini/

-Tom

On Jan 11, 2005, at 6:28 PM, David Champion wrote:

> Bailey, Jonathan C wrote:
>> I'm looking at building a MythTV box and was wondering what everyone 
>> thought for a motherboard option. I'd like to build Socket A and on a 
>> MicroATX board. I'm thinking of something like the Chaintech 7NIF2 
>> which has onboard S-Video out. Should I go for a board with onboard 
>> S-Video out or go for a cheaper board and use an add-on graphics 
>> card?
>
> That would be a good choice - the nForce2 IGP chipset has good tv-out, 
> and the sound processor is quite nice. It's even capable of doing some 
> gaming - roughly equivalent of a GeForce 4 MX.
>
> If you're going to put this in your entertainment center: When 
> building your case, choose something that's going to be quiet. Some 
> people assume one small fan is better, but that's going so have a 
> high-pitched whine. If you need fans, look for a large diameter, low 
> RPM fan that moves the same amount of air.
>
> The "ultimate" way to do a mythtv system is to have the encoder/server 
> in a closet or basement somewhere, and have a fanless box, like the 
> "Hush" from mini-itx.com in your entertainment center. This is, of 
> course, very expensive.
>
> -dc
>
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