[2011-11-29] Replaced the wireless keyboard/mouse. [2011-??-??] Replaced the wireless adapter. [2010-09-28] Replaced the case fan and adjusted the sleep policy. On-going… – Motivation I have been contemplating a lot about building my own HD DVR for about a year. This was partly spurred on by the upcoming renew date for my TiVo HD (November 2010). [...]
Besides the Froyo update to the Android OS, the other big announcement for the Thursday keynote of the Google IO 2010 is Google TV. From the demo, this is what I learned about it. It’s a software muxer. That is, Google TV itself does not have TV tuners or DVR, nor Google manufactures any of [...]
Recently, Intel announced Intel Atom Z6xx (codename Moorestown) for the smartphone/MID devices. Anandtech has an excellent article on it. This is not the first power-conscious offering from Intel, but it is their first effort into the ever-expanding smartphone (and MID with iPad) market. – ARM the Reigning King of the Smartphone World Currently, the smartphone [...]
Today, Google officially admitted that their experiment in the mobile space to create a provider-independent, web-only handset market was a failure. Most people were predicting such since Verizon and Sprint decided against carrying Nexus One on their networks. Ever since their initial announcement earlier this year, this web-only store were fraught with many problems, and [...]
A comment pointed me to another version of the Zotac IONITX board that is a bit more expensive, but also has a few more features. The prices are based on November 24th, 2009. Case: Apex MI-008 ($39.99) – 250W is a bit overkill. I doubt this system will use more than 60W. Motherboard/Memory Combo: Zotac [...]
With the announcement of Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta, the nVidia ION system seems even more attractive as an HTPC. Also, it seems NewEgg is carrying the new Zotac ION board. Also, through Bing Shopping, NewEgg is offering some (2%) moneyback. The prices are based on November 20th, 2009. Case: Apex MI-008 ($39.99) – 250W is [...]
Another attempt… Probably closer to what I would do. The prices are based on November 4th, 2009. Case: Apex MI-008 ($39.99) – 250W is a bit overkill. I doubt this system will use more than 60W. Motherboard: Pegatron IPX7A-ION 330 ($149.00, the same as POV ION330) or Zotac IONITX-G-E (MSRP seems to be $159.99, but [...]
After searching around, I found a PCI-e dual ATSC tuner that has a Linux driver (not sure how reliable). The prices are as of October 30, 2009. Case: Apex MI-008 ($39.99) – 250W is a bit overkill. I doubt this system will use more than 60W. Motherboard: Pegatron IPX7A-ION 330 ($149.00) – the same as [...]
I’ve talked about ideas for Atom-based DVR / HTPC before. Now, it seems we have all the parts needed to build one. Here is an example. The prices were taken as of October 27th, 2009. Case: Apex MI-008 ($39.99) – 250W is a bit overkill. I doubt this system will use more than 60W. Motherboard: [...]
Some time ago, I talked about my wish to build an Intel Atom-based HD DVR, and it turns out I am not the only one. Engadget is reporting that Intel just announced CE4100 at IDF2009. It’s an Intel Atom-based media processor that can decode two 1080p streams. It has a brother called CE3100 which has [...]