Re: Recommendations for a EVA8000 Media player replacement

[Phillip Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No - you buy it as a Popcorn Hour C200 and then take the board out and
stick it in a different case. :-D

Phil

On 3 Apr 2010, at 00:01, Neil Wrightson wrote:

> Hi Phil,
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> Do you have a direct link for this motherboard?
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> Regards,
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> Neil Wrightson.
> N.W.Electronics
> ABN 76 768 513 867
> Embedded Controllers and Home Automation Products
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> Web     : www.nwe.net.au
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Phillip Harris
> Sent: Saturday, 3 April 2010 9:55 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Recommendations for a EVA8000 Media player
replacement
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> C200 motherboard (which is MiniITX format) in a 19" case?
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> Phil
>
> On 2 Apr 2010, at 23:50, Neil Wrightson wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a Netgear EVA8000 that is probably the biggest dud I have
ever
>> bought.
>> Seriously the only good thing about it is that the 19" box
looks good with
>> the rest of the system.
>>
>> My system as it stands is
>> - WHS with Movies, MP3 etc in a separate building but 100BaseT to
the
>> entertainment area
>> - Sony entertainment system
>> - 46" LCD fed via HDMI from receiver - No Ethernet on TV
(Bugger)
>> - Sony Receiver (4*HDMI Inputs) EVA currently uses one of these
>> - Sony PVR
>> - Sony PS3
>> - Logitech Harmony One remote
>> - Netgear EVA8000
>>
>> I did try to use the EVA8000 as a TV recorder with a standard PAL
based TV
>> capture card. This did not work well.
>> I could not find a HD digital TV capture card. Anyway, now all of
this is
>> replaced by the above PVR.
>>
>> I like the idea of the RSS, YouTube, playing stored movies &
MP3's etc but
>> the EVA8000 would just continually stop mid movie etc.
>> So I need to do the above via a Ethernet connection as well as via
a
>> connected USB drive.
>> And also prefer something slim. preferably 19" as well.
>>
>> What recommendations?
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>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Neil Wrightson.
>> N.W.Electronics
>> ABN 76 768 513 867
>> Embedded Controllers and Home Automation Products
>> Skype : Neil_Wrightson
>> Web : www.nwe.net.au
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