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SPECS: MUST HAVE

• HDMI video out. TV does not have VGA input
• Composite video input. Must accept a/v from satellite receiver.
• WiFi networking
• Linux supported hardware

CPU

Atom versus Celeron

Intel Atom vs Intel Celeron: similar performance. Atom is newer and uses less power. Conclusion: Atom over Celeron.

Composite Video Capture

MythTV pvrusb2 driver with an external usb capture device.

• mythtv-users USB video capture

This guy had trouble getting capture from composite to work

• http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=55754

Use synaptic (Package Manager) to install ivtv-utils, (in some distro's its just ivtv and described as Tools) If you don't have VLC media player installed use synaptic to install that too. In a terminal type (might be a good idea to copy and paste this command)

v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -i 2

and press the enter key (note 2 is Composite, 1 is S-video, 0 is TV-tuner). You will get a reply saying input is now composite.

Sample Systems for Consideration

remember: If it has USB then a wifi adapter can always be added.

Jetway Intel Atom D525 Dual Gigabit LAN Quiet MIni PC w/2GB, T3410, NC9MGL-525

• $221.00
• Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz (cores: x2)
• HDMI
• not fanless

Intel Atom D2550 Mini-ITX PC Kit w/ NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 Graphics, ZOTAC D2550ITXS-A-E, M350

• $320.00
• AtomTM D2550 1.86GHz (cores: x2)
• WiFi
• HDMI
• not fanless

Intel Barebone System Embedded Kit/ Jetway NC9KDL-2550 Dual LAN Intel Atom D2550 1.86GHz Mini-ITX Motherboard, 2GB DDR3 SODIMM Memory, M350 Enclosure, PicoPSU-80 80W DC-DC power supply

• $251.00
• Atom D2550 1.86GHz (cores: ?)
• HDMI
• quiet fanless

Intel Atom D2550 Dual LAN & Dual COM Mini-ITX Networking PC, NF9B-2550, 2GB, M350

• $291.00
• Atom D2550 (cores: ?)
• HDMI
• quiet fanless

Giada mini Desktop (1.86 GHz Intel Atom Processor D2550, 2GB DDR3, 320G HDD, Windows 7)

• $295
• 1.86 GHz Atom D2550 (cores: ?)
• HDMI
• WiFi
• included 320 GB HD

Giada F102D Intel Atom Dual Core Fanless Mini PC System

• $330.00
• Atom (Cedarview) Processor N2600 1.60GHz (cores: x2)
• HDMI
• WiFi
• included 500 GB HD

H87H3-TI Intel Quad Core i5-4570S Thin Mini-ITX PC w/ 4GB, USB 3.0 & WiFi

• $499
• Intel i5-4570S 3.6GHz (cores: x4)
• HDMI IN and HDMI OUT
• WiFi

Search

• http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank?fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=ITX+Computer&qid=1420143199&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Ck%3AITX+Computer%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2444556011%7C2289793011&sort=price-asc-rank