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01-06-2007, 08:29 AM
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compact PVR server/HTPC
CompUSA will be running an ad on this Acer media PC starting Sunday:
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...ct_code=341979 It's currently listed for $530 but starting Sunday it will have a $210 rebate for a total of $320. Does anyone have any experience with it? It looks like a good candidate for an inexpensive PVR server if you just add USB2 analog and HDTV tuners and upgrade the disk. For the given spces it may even be good enough for playing back HDTV contents. With such a low price, you can afford to buy two - one as PVR server and the second as settop HTPC (it has a DVI output for those HDTV/HD monitor with DVI input). I don't see TV-out or S-Video out, though, so it may not make a good STB for analog TV. /e 
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01-06-2007, 09:31 AM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
Wow, that is nice. I spent $750 on my Aopen MiniPC. Another feature that it doesn't have is digital audio output...I'm not keen about 6 analogs. TV-outs seem to have lousy video quality, so that doesn't seem like much of a loss. It'd make a great Link box for people with the right setup.
Last edited by mlomker; 01-06-2007 at 09:33 AM.
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01-06-2007, 09:41 AM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
No open vid card slots and onboard does not support widescreen res
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...pe=rv#moreinfo Otherwise wow! BB So that will be like $1000 Cdn, EH! 
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01-06-2007, 05:34 PM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
What makes you say it won't do wide screen? I've got the GMA945 driving three different HDTVs. Two 1080p and one 720p.
Tom
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01-06-2007, 05:36 PM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
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01-06-2007, 06:33 PM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
tscales
That's what the link in my post says??? But if it works then double WOW!!! BB
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01-06-2007, 06:41 PM
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Re: compact PVR server/HTPC
It is different, so maybe it doesn't. I'd be more concerned about the Celeron
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