you can. all you need is this<br><br><a href="http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=53">http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=53</a><br><br>Zotac ION-ITX-A Wi-Fi Dual Core 1.6GHz Atom N330 Mini-ITX Board with DC Input<br>£159<br><br>
plus a hard disc and a bit of ram (which you just said you had lying around).<br><br>no case <b><u><i>required</i></u></b> although maybe desired...<br><br>PSU is included.<br><br>I think I would net boot it off a master backend.<br>
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My mum's Freeview box has just died - since a replacement is £30, I started thinking about a PVR instead. Off the shelf ones are £80 to £100 and this naturally started me thinking about MythTV, but I'm a bit stumped on how to do MythTV without doubling the price.<br>
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it's kinda a shame the hardware options don't seem to have improved much in the last couple of years [1]. Or am I missing something?<br>
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Realistically, you aren't going to build a Myth system for less than you can buy an off the shelf box. I doubt if anyone involved has ever thought about it as a cost saving effort - more as a means of getting better features without the lock in to be found on many boxes.<br>
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Sorry, I thought it was obvious I didn't want to BEAT the price of one of these cheapo units. But I thought to be able to do better than TWICE the price. Particularly because one will always have a spare hard-drive lying around, and maybe RAM, too.<br>
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I guess I was hoping for the £120 - £140 range, buying cheap low-power PC components.<br>
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It'd obviously be really nice if I had found a cheap set-top-box that could be hacked for MythTV, and Neuros OSD seems like the right price, but it looks like it's maybe at a bit of a dead end?<br>
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In this case, quality isn't of the highest priority. Composite out is fine, but DVI/HDMI would be really nice for future-proofing. It only has to do SD, and a single tuner.<br>
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If it's price-comparable with the £60 Atom-based board(s?) currently available then the "first ION board with PCI socket" post looks ideal, but only if I can find a case which isn't silly money.<br><font color="#888888">
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