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Linux-Powered PVR/Satellite Machine

Posted by timothy on from the even-just-the-divx-is-nice dept.

spicyjack writes "After reading this story, I thought this submit would be appropriate. A German company called Dream-Multimedia-TV has come up with a schweet custom box targeted for the PVR/Satellite markets. How about a machine with a 250Mhz IBM PowerPC, 2 SmartCard readers, one CompactFlash slot, UDMA66 IDE, MPEG2 support with MPEG4 (DivX) support on the way, Ethernet, LCD display, SPDIF out, yada yada yada (zipped User's Manual). Oh, and it is built specifically to run Linux. Available right now. Commence hacking!"

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  1. with a price tag of? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    aieee... how cheap can they get that box for nowadays?

    less than $100???

    grumble grumble... when i was a kid... 64 k was a whizbang computer... 300 baud modems... acoustic... uphill, in the snow, both ways....

    damn kids...

  2. Re:$499 euros? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia PowerPCs work with you!

  3. Re:250MHz and DivX? by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But, isn't 250MHz just a little slow for mpeg4/divx encoding?

    You've obviously fallen for the Wintel zealots' Megahertz Myth. A 250Mhz machine with a PowerPC processor is more powerful than a dual 3Ghz Xeon machine, in every benchmark. (Photoshop *cough* *cough* Photoshop).

    Want proof? just step a little closer to Jobs' reality distortion field.

    --
    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  4. Re:Imagine.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wish I could go back to the time before every word comprised of more than one syllable had to have odd CapiTaliZation...

  5. Re:$499 euros? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    in soviet russia, pvr watches you