Hi, Thanks for the reply, maybe I wasn't clear about my requirements...
quiet - while looking good, many of the cases come with 60mm fans, which eventually lead to a hig ir - Infra Red receiver (even better if transmitter is included) - need to control StarHub box somehow :) vfd - it should look and feel like an amplifier, including the small lcd text and buttons to operate it. all the other stuff (like disks space, motherboard size etc) should be fairly standard. I'm happy mythtv + xmbc for many years now, I use mythtv mainly for recording from SH and recording from remote mythtv (my home country) and watch it locally on my tv. another interesting option is boxee Thanks, Ohad On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Fabrice A. Marie <[email protected] > wrote: > > Hello, > > On 3/8/10 3:41 PM, Ohad Levy wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Not really related to FOSS, but maybe someone here can help a bit. > > I'm looking to buy a media center case somewhere in Singapore, going > > around Sim lim didn't show a lot of promise - any suggestions are > > welcomed. > > btw: running mythtv if anyone is wondering :) > > Thanks, > > Ohad > > Basic media centers are in almost every shops in Sim Lim (last time I > checked, around 3 months ago). > They are very small machines with limited software. In other words they > are great value > for money (few hundred dollars only), but if you need more you'll get > stuck since there is no > upgrade path. > > I elected to use a regular machine with a media centre software instead. > For instance I use a Shuttle casing (any small and quiet casing would > do), with a regular > mother board and a graphic card that is capable of doing hardware video > decoding > (to play 1080p videos without monopolizing the CPU). > > Software-wise I recommend XMBC (works on Linux, windows and a few other > systems). > MythTV is there too, but I haven't tried since XMBC worked smooth for me > straight away. > > And because it's a regular (albeit small form factor) PC, I can do > anything I want under Linux or Windows > without any limitation (work/games/media centre). PCs are cheap to > upgrade if necessary, and software upgrades are standard > Linux/Windows/XMBC/MythTV upgrades. > > Hope this helps. > > Have a nice day, > Fabrice. > -- > Fabrice A. Marie > FMA Risk Management Solutions > http://www.fma-rms.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] > List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] >
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