[mythtv-users] Quiet CPU Cooler Recommendations
Kirk Bocek
t004 at kbocek.com
Fri Jan 26 22:22:38 UTC 2007
Thanks, I'll check them out.
Brad Fuller wrote:
>
> Kirk Bocek wrote:
>> Thanks for your thoughts, Brian. I understand your idea, but I've never seen
>> an easy, inexpensive and unobtrusive way to extend KVM, especially in a
>> bedroom setting.
>>
>
> You'll have to decide if it's "inexpensive" or not for you, but have you
> seen Gefen (http://www.gefen.com/) products?
> for example:
> http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=3329
>
> More extenders:
> http://www.gefen.com/kvm/htextenders.jsp
>
> Home Theater:
> http://www.gefen.com/kvm/hometheater.jsp
>
> Here's a KVM review:
> http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/08/14/review-gefen-2x1-dvi-kvm-hooks-up-two-computers-to-1080p-display/
>
> They got a lot of neat stuff.
>
>
>> I will continue to consider the possibilities, though.
>>
>> Kirk Bocek
>>
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 26, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Have you thought about installing your machine elsewhere besides the
>>>>> bedroom, and just piping the video/audio/control to the BR TV set ?
>>>>>
>>>> Sure, why not!
>>>>
>>>> And how do you do this reasonably -- that is, without holes in the
>>>> walls or
>>>> $1000 of equipment?
>>>>
>>> Well obviously I don't know the layout of your house. It might be as
>>> simple as putting your machine in a closet on the other side of the
>>> BR wall and just putting one small hole with coax, audio cable and
>>> the IR pickup wire.
>>>
>>> Or it might be $1000, as you said. That's why I said "have you
>>> considered?", not "do it".
>>>
>>>> Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but the cable company can provide HD
>>>> without any
>>>> fans. I want to do the same with Myth!
>>>>
>>> The cable company is ordering perhaps thousands of units that use
>>> custom-designed chips and cases. We are using general-purpose
>>> computers bought in single quantities. There is a huge difference and
>>> what costs them little can be a big expense the way Myth users do it.
>>>
>>> Still, you have received some good advice here and I'm sure you can
>>> work it out.
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