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From: miso on 14 Jul 2010 22:37
On Jul 15, 4:04 am, Clifford Heath <n...(a)spam.please.net> wrote:
> m...(a)sushi.com wrote:
> > How's that 1080p working in the mac mini?
>
> Just fine. Standard HDMI cable, up to 1920x1200 res.
> Run dual screen if you want, 2560x1600 on the DisplayPort.
> I don't care about brands, I think I have one of everything,
> but for what the OP requested, the mini is a good option.

Your comment is not what I hear from fanboi extraordinaire Leo
Laporte.
From: Jan Panteltje on 15 Jul 2010 08:16
On a sunny day (Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:35:59 -0700 (PDT)) it happened
"miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote in
<640b3e19-8d94-4e97-909d-8c273bdd011c(a)g19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>:

>If Apple is the solution, it must be a really funny question.

Exactly.
Jobs was (is?) a great salesman.
Many years ago I did some project for a movie company that used one of the early Apple
computers to control some camera movement.
They were like hypnotised by Apple, almost bowed to that thing.
Mac mini is way too expensive for what it can do, too little for the heat it generates, not expandable in a real way.
Get a 50$ mobo, 50$ case, 50$ supply, 50$ RAM, 50$ harddisk, 50$ processor, some 50$ PCI[e] cards, and a 50$ DVD burner.
Makes eeeeeeeehhh 10 x 50$ = ?
Most onboard graphics chipsets these day can do 1080p.
And if something breaks down, it costs no more then 50$ to replace that part.
Plus a screwdriver if you do not have one.


From: miso on 15 Jul 2010 15:24
On Jul 15, 5:16 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On a sunny day (Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:35:59 -0700 (PDT)) it happened
> "m...(a)sushi.com" <m...(a)sushi.com> wrote in
> <640b3e19-8d94-4e97-909d-8c273bdd0...(a)g19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>:
>
> >If Apple is the solution, it must be a really funny question.
>
> Exactly.
> Jobs was (is?) a great salesman.
> Many years ago I did some project for a movie company that used one of the early Apple
> computers to control some camera movement.
> They were like hypnotised by Apple, almost bowed to that thing.
> Mac mini is way too expensive for what it can do, too little for the heat it generates, not expandable in a real way.
> Get a 50$ mobo, 50$ case, 50$ supply, 50$ RAM, 50$ harddisk, 50$ processor, some 50$ PCI[e] cards, and a 50$ DVD burner.
> Makes eeeeeeeehhh 10 x 50$ = ?
> Most onboard graphics chipsets these day can do 1080p.
> And if something breaks down, it costs no more then 50$ to replace that part.
> Plus a screwdriver if you do not have one.

I still think the server in one room and the stripped down HTPC in
another room is the way to go. I do this now with the Logitech
Squeezebox for music.

D-Link's Boxee should do the trick. There is also the Shuttle XS35
coming on line soon. I'd really like the box in the living room to be
diskless and fanless.

One of my linux boxes runs on the Asus M3n78 mobo that does HD via
graphics on the mobo. I chartered this box to be low power, so I opted
for on-board graphics.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article853-page1.html
From: Jan Panteltje on 15 Jul 2010 15:48
On a sunny day (Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:24:46 -0700 (PDT)) it happened
"miso(a)sushi.com" <miso(a)sushi.com> wrote in
<30498ba4-ff8e-4bb0-ab3f-1bd66ac28155(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>:

>I still think the server in one room and the stripped down HTPC in
>another room is the way to go. I do this now with the Logitech
>Squeezebox for music.

Yes, one can wonder though, with capable netbooks at 300$,
if you may not just as well buy a netbook for each room,
and send the data via WiFi as .ts or .mpg.
That is what I do, and then you have an extra screen on top of that.


>D-Link's Boxee should do the trick. There is also the Shuttle XS35
>coming on line soon. I'd really like the box in the living room to be
>diskless and fanless.

Actually there are a few mobos on the market with Atom processor that use passive cooling.
I posted a link to one here for Joerg long time ago.


>One of my linux boxes runs on the Asus M3n78 mobo that does HD via
>graphics on the mobo. I chartered this box to be low power, so I opted
>for on-board graphics.
>http://www.silentpcreview.com/article853-page1.html

It sure is an impressive mobo, lots of PCI slots.
From: Abby Brown on 16 Jul 2010 00:20

"Clifford Heath" <no(a)spam.please.net> wrote in message
news:4c3e5e9e$0$25360$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au...
> miso(a)sushi.com wrote:
>> How's that 1080p working in the mac mini?
>
> Just fine. Standard HDMI cable, up to 1920x1200 res.
> Run dual screen if you want, 2560x1600 on the DisplayPort.
> I don't care about brands, I think I have one of everything,
> but for what the OP requested, the mini is a good option.

One thing I overlooked was on-screen schedule. With our DVR we
can display the schedule and select what to record from that. I
don't know if there is a way for a media player to do that. How
do any of you handle it?

Gary


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