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03-18-2006, 12:45 AM
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Intel Mac Mini as SageTV Client
Since you can now install WindowsXP on an Intel Mac Mini, I'm curious to know if it would make a perfect SageTV client, especially for connecting to an HDTV.
Hardware wise, its a decent machine considering its not much bigger than a Hauppauge MVP. But it comes with a solo or dual core CPU, up to 2 Gigs of memory, DVDR Drive, 802.11G, bluetooth, Gigabit NIC, Audio optical in/out, and USB2/Firewire ports. The only weak point is probably the video card, which is an Intel GMA950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory. I would've prefer at least an ATI X300, but the intel extreme graphics might be good enough, at least it has DVI and S-Video out. And it'll run quietly next to your HDTV. Couple with an MCE remote, which is now fully supported in SageTV 4.1.10 beta  , and it might be the perfect SageTV Client for HDTVs.Some screenshots of WinXP MCE 2005 running on an iMac: http://forum.osx86project.org/index....e=post&id=1829 http://forum.osx86project.org/index....e=post&id=1830 http://forum.osx86project.org/index....e=post&id=1831 If someone who owns an Intel Mac Mini and would like to test it out as a SageTV client, please post your results.
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03-18-2006, 07:44 AM
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Although I can't say anything about the possibility of using a mac-mini... I have thought quite recently that it would be a great system... I work for Costco and we just started selling them as a complete unit (everything except the monitor...).
I am totally impressed by the size! -Jason
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03-18-2006, 10:40 AM
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For those of us who use Overlay instead of DX9, it should work great. All that is needed is for somebody to try it and tell us ;-)
Maybe me.
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03-20-2006, 08:38 PM
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Server: 2 PVR 150s hooked to DirectTV tuners w/ serial control. 1 HDHR unit with Comcast QAM. Intel duo core 2.4 GHz, 1 gig RAM. 500 Gig SATA. ReadyNAS with 4 500 Gig WD drives. Sage 6. Clients: Living room: HD Extender w/ Pannasonic 42" plasma via HDMI cable. Basement: HD Extender connected to Dell projector. Back room: MVP 1000 hooked to 21" CRT TV. Bedroom: MVP 1000 hooked to 27" CRT TV.
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03-20-2006, 11:26 PM
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Hopefully the Intel Extreme(suckage) graphics aren't too much of a handicap. When I dumped my office desktop Intel Extreme 2 based box for a server with a 16MB PCI Radeon 7000, I noticed a significant graphics performance increase.
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03-21-2006, 09:14 AM
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I hate to say it, but the Mac Mini is much better looking than that Aopen mini pc. I am an Overlay user, so I don't see any issues with the graphics chip on the Mac Mini for me.
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