[mythtvnz] Getting a Acer Revo or Barebones NVidia ION

[Paul Kendall]

On Monday 25 May 2009 09:42:30 am Sam Hadley-Jones wrote:
> It's a Zotac board. I found it this morning too. At around NZ$530 for a
> base system its a fair price but you could build for about the same. The
> Zotac IONITX-B-E N230 (single core) is available in Australia for AU$280
> http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id
>=120891 so you're looking at NZ$380 delivered I suppose. Then you need a
> case with ATX PSU and RAM.
>
> There is also the fully optioned N330 (dual core) version
> http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id
>=120892 for about NZ$520 delivered. Just add RAM and a simple case.
>
> Of course you'll need some local storage if you're not running an LTSP
> setup. For a remote, I'm pretty keen on a bluetooth dongle and the PS3
> official bluetooth remote for around $80 all up. Anyone here used it? Less
> lag than an IR remote?
Just setup 2 systems with bluetooth & PS3 remote.
Very little lag. Much more responsive than IR.

It was a bit of a pain to setup, so maybe I'll do a writeup on my site soon.

>
> Sam.

Cheers,
Paul