Jon Bauerle wrote:
Rumor has it that the XBox is going to drop to $100. Wouldn't that be the best bang for the buck, even if you don't use it for a game system? And, there's something to be said for hardware consistency.
How do you like using an xbox as a front end? I'm considering turning mine into one.
On Dec 7, 2004, at 3:43 PM, David Levine wrote:
Hi, all. I currently have an "under the stairs" MythTV backend (dual PVR250 tuners), and a single XBox front-end in the living room. I'm thinking about a second front-end in the bedroom, however I was thinking about a small form factor PC instead of another XBox.
At work, I have a (small form factor) Dell OptiPlex GX260 on my desk, and it is VERY quiet (at least as heard in my office, to my ears). So of course, it seems like it would make a good front-end. It's way overpowered for a Myth front-end, of course, and it's a bit more than I'm looking to spend. However, I see quite a few older small form factor OptiPlex GX models available cheaply, used, online. Does anyone know if the older models were just as quiet? I read online that the GX50 line didn't have an AGP slot (so if you wanted to add an after-market video card instead of the onboard video, you were stuck with PCI). But I'm not sure about other GX models. I don't do HDTV, just SDTV, so I can go for a fairly old machine, I think, without worrying about being underpowered. Cheap and quiet are my watchwords!
And, of course, if anyone is actually using a GX, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks, David _______________________________________________
If it drops to $100, I am so drooling...
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