[mythtv-users] PCChips Geode MoBo?
Jo Shields
directhex at apebox.org
Wed Mar 29 11:06:33 UTC 2006
Francesco Peeters wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anybody have any experience with the 'new' PCChips M863G Geode3600+
>(Athlon2800+ 'mobile') (v7.1) MoBo?
>
>It looks nice enough for a frontend, although it doesn't have S-Video or
>composite output (Which isn't too much of an issue for PAL TV's with
>SCART), but will it bear the brunt of an added backend?
>
>My main concerns are an apparent lack of S/PDIF (though I may have
>overlooked it <G>) and audio performance as well as how it performs for
>video-playback.
>(I am planning - for starters - to have a PVR-150 in there and run both
>frontend and backend on it. I hope to add separate backends in the
>future, and maybe drop the tunercard in this one, although I like the
>idea of it being able to work standalone if needed)
>
>TIA!
>
>
>
I'd signal a general note of caution buying a board made by a company
recognised as the worst in the industry at what they do
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