I have set up this blog to document my experience in setting up a Home Theatre PC using Mythbuntu. Initially I was planning to build the system using old components but they just turned out to be too old so I have built a whole new system with the following parts:
- Motherboard – Zotac ION ITX A Series, mini-ITX form factor
- RAM – 4GB DDR2 (512MB shared video memory)
- Samsung 1TB HDD
- Antec ISK-300 mini-ITX case
- 2x Genius DVB-T03 terrestrial DVB tuners
- TBS5922SE DVB-S2 tuner
- Silverstone Slim Internal BD-ROM Combo Drive
I chose the motherboard based on its low power consumption yet very good HD video capabilities due to its nvidia ION chipset which supports VDPAU thus removing HD video decoding work from the CPU