[mythtv-users] VIA EPIA EX for mythtv front+backend (newbie)

[James Stembridge]

Hi Wouter,

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Wouter van Atteveldt <wouter at 2at.nl> wrote:
> Could you tell me which intel board you are using? I could only find rather basic boards from Intel proper (eg without DVI or SPDIF out)
>
> I was also thinking  the pentium M based commell LV-675D might be good (http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LV-675.HTM), could anyone comment on that?

I'm using that very board with a pentium-m 750. Everything seems to be
working out of the box with ubuntu 8.04, including dvi out to the hdmi
port of my tv. The only bad things about the board I've encountered so
far are:

1. The included cpu fan is very noisy. I've used a fanmate to slow it
down to acceptable levels without the temperatures getting scary.

2. The onboard video has a maximum xv image width of 1024 pixels, so
while the processor might well be able to manage 720p decode you can't
actually display it. This isn't a problem for me at present but I
suspect it would be fairly easily fixed with a pci nvidia card.

If you need any more detail just ask.

James.