[arch-general] The ultimate Home Theater / media center computer

[Christopher Daley]

That board doesn't seem to have a PCI/PCI-E slots, so you'd have to splurge
on a USB tv tuner card.  But you could probably shove that motherboard into
anything.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Roberto Malinverni <
roberto.malinverni at dico.coop.it> wrote:

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> > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 21:33:14 +0200
> > From: RedShift <redshift at pandora.be>
> > Subject: [arch-general] The ultimate Home Theater / media center computer
> > To: General Discusson about Arch Linux <arch-general at archlinux.org>
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> > * Motherboard: Asus P5N7A-VM
> > http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=8YiUFvK51IergAqY&templete=2
> >
> > + Powerful on-board graphics (nVidia 9300)
> > + Supports 16 GB of RAM
> > + eSATA port
> > + Optical audio output
> > + HDMI, DVI and VGA video output
> > + Gigabit ethernet
> > + Solid caps
> >
> > - nVidia on-board graphics (requiring proprietary driver)
> > - On-board graphics use system memory
> > - Crappy realtek audio codec
>
> I just stumbled upon this:
>
> http://hometheatrepcguide.com/mini-itx-motherboard-and-case-how-small-can-a-
> htpc-get/<http://hometheatrepcguide.com/mini-itx-motherboard-and-case-how-small-can-a-%0Ahtpc-get/>
>
> Roberto
>
>
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