[Freevo-users] Anybody tried the Nmedia HTPC cases?
These things: http://www.nmediapc.com/product1.htm Plastic and sheet steel construction, so not particularly well made, but far more affordable than D.Vine and similar cases. Price range I've seen for the case alone is about $115-$150. Specs look good - integrated IR receiver (possibly just IrDA?) and LCD, and it doesn't look as slick as some htpc cases but not too bad and reasonably functional. My fears though - they say the LCD is a temperature readout, which is more than a little silly, and utterly worthless. Theoretically one could rip it out and install a normal LCD module. If the IR is really just irda, it might not be suitable for remote control use. So, anybody actually been inside one of these things? Or have other suggestions for a good, cheap HTPC case that doesn't have a silly door over the drive bays. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Anybody tried the Nmedia HTPC cases?
It looks too tall to blend in as a hi-fi component, almost all of them do. I'm sticking with my Antec Sonata, it runs quiet and with the LED's disconnected everyone thinks it's part of the surround sound setup. - Chris On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:45:17 -0700, Eric Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: These things: http://www.nmediapc.com/product1.htm Plastic and sheet steel construction, so not particularly well made, but far more affordable than D.Vine and similar cases. Price range I've seen for the case alone is about $115-$150. Specs look good - integrated IR receiver (possibly just IrDA?) and LCD, and it doesn't look as slick as some htpc cases but not too bad and reasonably functional. My fears though - they say the LCD is a temperature readout, which is more than a little silly, and utterly worthless. Theoretically one could rip it out and install a normal LCD module. If the IR is really just irda, it might not be suitable for remote control use. So, anybody actually been inside one of these things? Or have other suggestions for a good, cheap HTPC case that doesn't have a silly door over the drive bays. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Anybody tried the Nmedia HTPC cases?
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:57:17 -0500 Chris Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks too tall to blend in as a hi-fi component, almost all of them do. I'm sticking with my Antec Sonata, it runs quiet and with the LED's disconnected everyone thinks it's part of the surround sound setup. I dunno, looks like a computer to me. The tallness of the nmedia case doesn't bother me much, and i'd prefer something that accepts full size pci and agp cards anyway. I want something that doesn't look much like a computer, and doesn't have a silly door blocking access to the dvd drive. I'd actually prefer slot-loaded though i understand that since slot-load drives are all but extinct i'd probably have to make my own. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Anybody tried the Nmedia HTPC cases?
Awe... The Dell PowerEdge 400SC sitting in my entertainment unit looks fine. There are so many black components people never pay any attention to the one that looks like it fell on it's side. It is EXTREMELY quiet. Quieter than my notebook or any other computer I have. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_400sc?c=uscs=04l=ens=dfb; The current model is SC420? (They decided that letters went before numbers this time around?) I got my 400SC a year ago with stacked rebates - end cost was $374 with the $100 processor upgraded to a real P4 2.4 from a Celeron 2.0. Best chipset (875?) at the time, SATA, ECC, 800MHz FSB. You can swap the 2 floppy bays for HDs. You gotta get 1 set of floppy mounting rails off ebay for cheap though. Then use a 5.25 to a 3.5 converter in one of the two 5.25 bays. 5 HDs and room left for one DVD drive. Perfect... RAID it, LVM it, serve chilled. Beware: Western Digital drives make lots of noise. In my recent experience (120GB-200GB) quietest to noisiest: Seagate, Hitachi (IBM Deathstars), Maxtor, Western Digital. I love the Seagates and like the Hitachis. I've also used the warranty on the WD, and it sounds like I might be using it again. Hope this was helpful to someone. -Scott Chris Griffiths wrote: It looks too tall to blend in as a hi-fi component, almost all of them do. I'm sticking with my Antec Sonata, it runs quiet and with the LED's disconnected everyone thinks it's part of the surround sound setup. - Chris On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:45:17 -0700, Eric Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: These things: http://www.nmediapc.com/product1.htm Plastic and sheet steel construction, so not particularly well made, but far more affordable than D.Vine and similar cases. Price range I've seen for the case alone is about $115-$150. Specs look good - integrated IR receiver (possibly just IrDA?) and LCD, and it doesn't look as slick as some htpc cases but not too bad and reasonably functional. My fears though - they say the LCD is a temperature readout, which is more than a little silly, and utterly worthless. Theoretically one could rip it out and install a normal LCD module. If the IR is really just irda, it might not be suitable for remote control use. So, anybody actually been inside one of these things? Or have other suggestions for a good, cheap HTPC case that doesn't have a silly door over the drive bays. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almosthttp://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
