Building / Buying a MythTV box

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tuesday 24 March 2009 22:58:48 Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 20:48:59 Ben Scott wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
> >>
> >> <greg at freephile.com> wrote:
> >> > I was thinking of getting the Dell Studio Hybrid ... or the System76
> >> > Koala Mini ...
> >>
> >>   Be warned that a lot of those itty bitty boxes don't have the
> >> graphics horsepower to decode high-def on the fly and throw it up on
> >> to the screen.  Or so I'm told.
> >
> > The Dell Studio Hybrid does (I have one, watching HDTV on it now). Don't
> > know about the other.
>
> Because Jarod said earlier that he had the Dell Studio Hybrid, I
> started looking more closely at it.  I also remembered seeing adverts
> in Linux Journal for LogicSupply, and found that they have some nice
> hardware -- certainly a very open and Linux-friendly company to do
> business with.  So, with that I setup a comparison of the options
> http://freephile.com/wiki/index.php/MythTV

Nb: your cost for the Dell Studio Hybrid is a bit high. Well, at least if 
you're willing to look at the Dell outlet store for one. The one I have cost 
me $409 delivered -- MA tax included. :)

Mine is a Core 2 Duo @ 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, 802.11n Broadcom wifi card, 
CD/DVD burner, wireless keyboard and mouse included.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com