Re: [PLUG] Media Frontend Hardware

Rich Freeman on 29 Jun 2011 14:11:00 -0700

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Re: [PLUG] Media Frontend Hardware

From: Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Media Frontend Hardware
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:10:54 -0400
Cc: Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>
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On Jun 29, 2011 4:37 PM, "Gavin W. Burris" <bug@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Since my Shuttle PC motherboard failed after only one year of use, I
> just upgraded to an Asus Eee Box. It has an Intel Atom D510 and NVIDIA
> ION.

I'm seriously considering atom+ion solutions. Only issue I see would be HD WebM/Theora which could strain the cpu. How does yours do with non-mpeg codecs?

> I would suggest upgrading to a budget flat panel with a VGA connection.
> You can also configure Linux to use HDMI, since HDMI is a smaller
> connector for DVI with audio added in.

Yeah, I'm thinking about this as well. Either a cheap HD set, or a vga-TV adapter for my SD CRT.

Rich

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