Hi,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply, maybe I wasn't clear about my requirements...</div><div><br></div><div>quiet - while looking good, many of the cases come with 60mm fans, which eventually lead to a hig</div>
<div>ir - Infra Red receiver (even better if transmitter is included) - need to control StarHub box somehow :)</div><div>vfd - it should look and feel like an amplifier, including the small lcd text and buttons to operate it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>all the other stuff (like disks space, motherboard size etc) should be fairly standard.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm happy mythtv + xmbc for many years now, I use mythtv mainly for recording from SH and recording from remote mythtv (my home country) and watch it locally on my tv.</div>
<div><br></div><div>another interesting option is boxee</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ohad</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Fabrice A. Marie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fabrice.marie@fma-rms.com">fabrice.marie@fma-rms.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On 3/8/10 3:41 PM, Ohad Levy wrote:<br>
> Hi Everyone,<br>
> Not really related to FOSS, but maybe someone here can help a bit.<br>
> I'm looking to buy a media center case somewhere in Singapore, going<br>
> around Sim lim didn't show a lot of promise - any suggestions are<br>
> welcomed.<br>
> btw: running mythtv if anyone is wondering :)<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Ohad<br>
<br>
</div></div>Basic media centers are in almost every shops in Sim Lim (last time I<br>
checked, around 3 months ago).<br>
They are very small machines with limited software. In other words they<br>
are great value<br>
for money (few hundred dollars only), but if you need more you'll get<br>
stuck since there is no<br>
upgrade path.<br>
<br>
I elected to use a regular machine with a media centre software instead.<br>
For instance I use a Shuttle casing (any small and quiet casing would<br>
do), with a regular<br>
mother board and a graphic card that is capable of doing hardware video<br>
decoding<br>
(to play 1080p videos without monopolizing the CPU).<br>
<br>
Software-wise I recommend XMBC (works on Linux, windows and a few other<br>
systems).<br>
MythTV is there too, but I haven't tried since XMBC worked smooth for me<br>
straight away.<br>
<br>
And because it's a regular (albeit small form factor) PC, I can do<br>
anything I want under Linux or Windows<br>
without any limitation (work/games/media centre). PCs are cheap to<br>
upgrade if necessary, and software upgrades are standard<br>
Linux/Windows/XMBC/MythTV upgrades.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
Have a nice day,<br>
Fabrice.<br>
--<br>
Fabrice A. Marie<br>
FMA Risk Management Solutions<br>
<a href="http://www.fma-rms.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fma-rms.com/</a><br>
<br>
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