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Cheap Low-Power HTPC / HD-DVR Design #5

24-Nov-09

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 [...]

Cheap Low-Power HTPC / HD-DVR Design #4

20-Nov-09

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 [...]

Cheap Low-Power HTPC / HD-DVR Design #3

04-Nov-09

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 [...]

Cheap Low-Power HTPC / HD-DVR Design #2

30-Oct-09

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 [...]

Cheap Low Power DYI HTPC / HD DVR Design

27-Oct-09

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: [...]

Atom-based HD DVR?

10-Aug-09

I have been using two Atom-based systems for a while now. One is an N270-based 8.9″ notebook (or a “netbook”). The other is an N230-based Windows Home Server. Several months ago, nVidia announced ION platform, which is pairing an Intel Atom processor with an nVidia’s mobile GPU for a system that can play back Blu-ray [...]