I am looking for either a branded machine or available hardware to assemble and achieve the following configuration. Would appreciate any suggestions.
The purpose is to use it as an HTPC (Home Theatre PC - just a term used to describe such devices). H/w Interfaces: Composite video in (For TV/webcam/camera etc) RCA audio/video out (For playing contents on TV) Audio in/out/mic Wifi (802.11g) VGA out, keyboard, mouse, USB ports Serial port where I can connect IR Blaster that I have (Or infrared in/out ports, but infra out should have extensible cable to align it properly with devices it has to control) Storage: Internal: Minimal ok External: Should be interfacable with large external HDDs S/w: Linux. Arch: Preferably such that one can get readily available packages easily. (i686 perhaps). Form factor: As "small" as possible. (Not sure what's feasible smallest for this config.) Actually, I have achieved almost the same configuration by adding ad hoc cards to a regular PC. (Nvidia with video out, a wifi card, a TV card for video in, IR Blaster on serial port etc.). However the machine has become very bulky with all this. It heats up a lot too. Some machine specifically designed for such purpose should perform better. Mayuresh. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
