home
products
contribute
download
documentation
forum
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
All posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
HTPC Projects
Hardware
General
New HTPC from zero
Contact us
RSS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="S_Behn" data-source="post: 954520" data-attributes="member: 97865"><p>Hi there,</p><p> </p><p>I could now sit down and google another couple of hours but instead I prefer to get some valuable opinions from people who really have a clue and dont want to sell.</p><p> </p><p>My situation: I used to have an Antec Fusion Case with some AMD motherboard and onboard ATI HD 3200 if I remember correctly. Running Mediaportal 1.1.0 with Live-TV but mainly Full HD .MKV playback. I went abroad and eventually left the whole thing in Panama <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p> </p><p>Now that I am back in Germany since a year and it looks like there wont be a Jailbreak for my Apple TV 3 in the forseeable future I decided to head back to a proper selfmade HTPC.</p><p> </p><p>What I want?</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nice looking small and quiet case (Apple Fan, so thinking Mac MINI style); Without display; optional MCE IR receiver would be great; Not so sure if the iPhone Apps are already good enough to take the whole control or if I will end up buying a Harmony once again <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No big internal capacity; I will put the hard disks in some Synology NAS; the HTPC itself should have only some minor Flash storage/SSD for the OS</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bluray/Optical Drive (Slot it?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enough power fully enjoy a fluent interaction with the nicest skins and obviously FULL-HD and possibly 1080i Live-TV</li> </ul><p></p><p>What I came up with so far?</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I started looking for Cases, because I for me (Design driven), this is the starting point of all HTPCs. I first found read about Wesena (e.g. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wesena-ITX2-B-Black-Aluminum-chassis/dp/B0058HLEBE" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Wesena-ITX2-B-Black-Aluminum-chassis/dp/B0058HLEBE</a>) and then stumbled over some Thread where people were saying that the successor company is called Streacom (<a href="http://www.streacom.com/products/fc8-evo-fanless-chassis/" target="_blank">http://www.streacom.com/products/fc8-evo-fanless-chassis/</a>).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Those kind of cases obviously limit to <strong>mini ITX</strong> and I have no single experience with those.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Additionally I honestly have no clue of current proper CPU/Chipset preferences; Onboard GPUs and so on; I simply remember, back then the choice mattered big time with one GPU working great and another possibly even never didnt work flawless at all.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I am not religious, no matter if Intel or AMD, Nvidia or ATI, I take what you guys tell me its best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></li> </ul><p></p><p>Any thoughts, recommendations, best practices? I am not at all narrow minded regarding the mentioned case; Its just an idea and a design direction I am looking for. Also, are there any known problems with having the Live-TV buffer HD on a NAS? I remember it definitely worked better if it was on another HD but over Network on a NAS?</p><p> </p><p>Many thanks ahead for every hint you give me.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Steffen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S_Behn, post: 954520, member: 97865"] Hi there, I could now sit down and google another couple of hours but instead I prefer to get some valuable opinions from people who really have a clue and dont want to sell. My situation: I used to have an Antec Fusion Case with some AMD motherboard and onboard ATI HD 3200 if I remember correctly. Running Mediaportal 1.1.0 with Live-TV but mainly Full HD .MKV playback. I went abroad and eventually left the whole thing in Panama ;) Now that I am back in Germany since a year and it looks like there wont be a Jailbreak for my Apple TV 3 in the forseeable future I decided to head back to a proper selfmade HTPC. What I want? [LIST] [*]Nice looking small and quiet case (Apple Fan, so thinking Mac MINI style); Without display; optional MCE IR receiver would be great; Not so sure if the iPhone Apps are already good enough to take the whole control or if I will end up buying a Harmony once again ;) [*]No big internal capacity; I will put the hard disks in some Synology NAS; the HTPC itself should have only some minor Flash storage/SSD for the OS [*]Bluray/Optical Drive (Slot it?) [*]Enough power fully enjoy a fluent interaction with the nicest skins and obviously FULL-HD and possibly 1080i Live-TV [/LIST] What I came up with so far? [LIST] [*]I started looking for Cases, because I for me (Design driven), this is the starting point of all HTPCs. I first found read about Wesena (e.g. [url]http://www.amazon.com/Wesena-ITX2-B-Black-Aluminum-chassis/dp/B0058HLEBE[/url]) and then stumbled over some Thread where people were saying that the successor company is called Streacom ([url]http://www.streacom.com/products/fc8-evo-fanless-chassis/[/url]). [*]Those kind of cases obviously limit to [B]mini ITX[/B] and I have no single experience with those. [*]Additionally I honestly have no clue of current proper CPU/Chipset preferences; Onboard GPUs and so on; I simply remember, back then the choice mattered big time with one GPU working great and another possibly even never didnt work flawless at all. [*]I am not religious, no matter if Intel or AMD, Nvidia or ATI, I take what you guys tell me its best ;) [/LIST] Any thoughts, recommendations, best practices? I am not at all narrow minded regarding the mentioned case; Its just an idea and a design direction I am looking for. Also, are there any known problems with having the Live-TV buffer HD on a NAS? I remember it definitely worked better if it was on another HD but over Network on a NAS? Many thanks ahead for every hint you give me. Cheers, Steffen [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
HTPC Projects
Hardware
General
New HTPC from zero
Contact us
RSS
Top
Bottom
