[Gllug] pervasive computing - everything crashes

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 00:39 +0000, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 16:55 +0000, John Winters wrote:
> 
> > IME the fastest silent Mini-ITX (600 MHz) isn't quite powerful enough to
> > display DVB-T streams, even with the hardware acceleration on the video
> > output.  They can manage analogue TV but not DVB-T.  The result is
> > intermittent sound which makes them unusable.
> > 
> > I find the non-silent Mini-ITX options unsuitable because you have a
> > very small fan whizzing round which makes for a particularly pervasive
> > noise.
> > 
> > I'm still trying to find a good option for a silent (disk-less) PVR
> > playback box (recording and storage being handled by a server elsewhere
> > in the house).

Talking about quiet systems, we have some very spiffy Opteron systems in
a small form factor.
Built in wireless LAN and dual-core support.

http://www.armari.com/system.asp?SysID=252



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