[mythtvnz] Hardware recommendations for new front end?

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Phillip B <phillip.baird at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Am just about to embark on building my first front end, and would really
> appreciate any advice on hardware components and config??
> In terms of spec's it will be playing mostly satellite Freeview recordings.
> HD would be nice long term but for now the panel it will be driving only
> goes up to 720p.  Sound and video out via HDMI would be preferred.
>
> Based on some previous posts it looks like I should be considering a Zotac
> ION ITX A Series 330(?), with 2GB of DDR2 800MHz.  Is 2GB enough?
> Would prefer not to have any hard drive so I've either got to boot from a
> USB stick or over the network.  Any comments on which is easier?  My
> googling suggests booting over the network requires reconfiguring DHCP which
> sounds a bit painful, so as I want to keep this as simple as possible I'm
> thinking a USB drive might be simpler way to go.
>
> Any suggestions?

acer revo is a good choice if you can get one at a decent price. Or
the zotac ion boards, hell people put 'em in a shoe box or biscuit
tin! You do NOT need the dual core version, the single is cheaper.