[mythtv-users] Mini-ITX Motherboard for MythTV Frontend

[Ian Hodgson]

Yes, I am sorry to say that I have an old Yamaha AV amp that does not 
have any new fangled HDMI inputs. It does have SPDIF audio inputs so a 
m'board that supports digital audio out would be just fine.

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>> Hello,
>>     I would like to ask for any recommendations for a mini-ITX 
>> motherboard suitable to be used as a MythTV frontend, likely running 
>> Ubuntu. I will need to have an S-Video output to connect to my AV 
>> Amplifier, but other than that, I have no particular requirements. I 
>> have found some old threads on the very same topic, but on the basis 
>> that new motherboards are released all the time, I hope that you will 
>> not object to my revisiting it.
>> Regards,
>> Ian.
>>     
> The Zotac ION boards are the most popular *mini*-*ITX* boards discussed on 
> the list recently. Mostly because they have the integrated 9400M GPU 
> that supports VDPAU and  low power Atom CPU. So you can playback HD 
> with a small, cheap, silent, low-power frontend. However, they don't 
> have S-Video outputs. Just curious did you really mean S-Video (ie you 
> are running your video through your AV amplifier) or did you mean to 
> say SPDIF to your amplifier for the audio. I only ask because the 
> Zotac boards do have SPDIF out. So you can hook your TV up with VGA, 
> DVI, or HDMI and run only the audio to the amplifier. 
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