Via Epia M10000

[h0ck3y68]

Has anyone here successfully used the VIA EPIA M10000 Motherboard for a system using Beyond TV. I am thinking about building a small mini-itx system for use with BTV Link and I noticed that the EPIA on board video is not supported by beyond TV, so i was wondering if anyone had any issues with it or if it is ok to use or suggestions for a different type of mini itx motherboards are welcome.

Thank you,
Jason

[Webbo]

I did have a brief play with an EPIA M1000 and PVR350 which worked relatvely well sa long as I used the PowerDVD decoder which utilises the M10000's MPEG accelerator.

Whilst not supported, I did find that the onboard TV-out in overlay mode worked fine for me.

Overall response was quite sluggish moving between menus but managable and it was possible to record one show whilst watching another.

However I eventually sold this solution to a friend who put MythTV on it and went with my spec below as I had the hardware to hand and it offered quieter operation via the Antec case and more expandability plus I wanted to install Meedio / BM to add MP3 support for which the EPIA was not really up to.

In conclusion, it is *just* possible to put a vanilla BTV on a Mini-ITX board!