[geeks] Home Made STB/HTPC

[Lionel Peterson]

Check that - the Supermicro ATX Mb I mentioned is available on special
for $129.95 with a free 2 GB DDR3 RAM for the MB (which has G45
Express chipset, with X4500HD integrated video (and a PCI-Express 16x
slot if you want to upgrade).

MB link:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0304591

The offer for the free RAM is shown on page 24 of the online pamphlet:

http://microcenter.com/specials/catalogs/broadsheet.html

The is described here:
http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core2Duo/G45/C2SEA.cfm

Lionel

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 4, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just got a 67" TV.  I'm interested in playing stored video on it.
>>
>> The machine needs to be fast enough to decode 1080p video compressed with
>> a variety of algorithms, with the most processor-intensive probably being
>> H.264.  It needs to talk to my TV at its native resolution of 1920x1080.
>>  Being able to output unaltered Dolby Digital and DTS sound over a digital
>> pipe to my receiver would be a huge plus.
>>
>> It doesn't need much storage, since I'll be streaming the video from a
>> file server.  A single PCI slot would be convenient for various reasons I
>> don't need to go into.  Low power consumption would be nice.  Silence is
>> golden.
>>
>> Anyone have any pointers or suggestions for me?  I'm more looking for
>> hardware tips.  I'm reasonably familiar with the software.  Thanks.
>
> SuperMicro makes a very nice ATX MB, C2SEA, IIRC - intel's latest chipset,
> including their latest integrated graphic w/HDMI and supports all current
> intel CPUs. DDR3 RAM, about $150 w/ 2 gigs RAM at Microcenter.com, I
> think...
>
> Lionel
>



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