[vdr] Re: hardware

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Thomas Valentin wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> can anyone recommend some nice small hardware for a vdr-box?
> 
> what about msi slim-pc or net-pc?  are these good choices?
> 
> or the M-Technologies media protal ... does anybody know where i can buy
> only the chassis without the dvb-card ...?

The MediaPortal (as currently offered on ebay, see
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1342308173) IMO is quite a bargain.
For about the price of a single DVB-S card alone you get a complete system including
the DVB-S card _with_ the CAM interface plus a DVD drive. So even if you decide not to
use the MP hardware, you still have gotten a DVB-S card at almost no extra costs.
And if you already have a DVB-S card, you can install that one into the MP to get
a dual DVB card system (which, I guess, is what everybody wants, anyway, since it brings up
the big advantages of VDR like time shifting etc).

Just my two cents. Oh, and BTW: I am of course in no way affiliated with the
people who sell the MP.

Klaus
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