boxes that might be of interest

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

After Scott's talk last night, I mentioned some of these boxes.  He asked 
for some links.  I thought I might as well pass them on to the list too.

Note: I've not been careful to get the best links, just the easiest for me 
to put my hands on.

No longer that interesting TV boxes.  These run Linux but as appliances:
There are modders communities for each of these.  Not enough GPU 
horsepower for OpenGL so they will probably never run XBMC.

WD TV Live

Patriot Box Office Core Media Player:
<http://www.patriotmemory.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=6&catid=69&prodgroupid=159&id=895&type=20>

Pivos AIOS HD Media Center
(The manufacturer's site seems to need Flash so I'm left out.)
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_567&item_id=042811>


The next generation runs Android 2.x and so may be more powerful:

Patriot Box Office Alpine
<http://www.patriotmemory.com/products/detailp.jsp?prodline=6&catid=69&prodgroupid=159&id=1172&type=20>
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_567&item_id=047717>

Pivos XIOS DS Media Box Powered by Android 2.3
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_567&item_id=048549>


Cute little PCs:
These are kind of like netbooks without displays, but they have decent GPUs.
Sadly, netbooks are often cheaper, sometimes even netbooks with decent GPUs.

The AMD E-350 has some strong points.  Unfortunately the Linux support
for the GPU has been a bit of a problem (possibly solved by now).

Acer Revo:
What I use.  I don't think they are for sale any more.
I run Ubuntu + MythTV + XBMC on them.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_Revo>
Nice links from that article to comparable devices.

Foxconn nTA 350
We have three of these, but I only have one (my kids have the others)
(I found them cheap, but a one-time-only deal)
<http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119050>

NCIX and CC both carry Zotac boxes:
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_124&item_id=044328>

Asus Sapphire Mini Edge PC:
Expensive, very small.
<http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_126&item_id=047110>
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