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Nate....

 

this place might have the switches you are looking for or a cool plate?

 

http://www.mnpctech.com/Bulgin-Anti-Vandal-Switch-Plate.html

 

Yeah, I looked there. Sorry, no dice :(

 

Bill has 22mm switches. I'll just wait...if the current switches break, it'll just force me to get working on it. I don't want to rush this. The lot rate for black anodizing is usually about $100... I'm still debating on how far I'd like to take it.

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Thats a pretty sweet looking board. Should look very nice in your all black case, can't wait to see it all installed.

 

Ah well sdy, at least you'll have a six core HTPC. :P

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Well, my WDTV is a great alternative to an HTPC, but it's got a few lip sync issues. I know the files are fine, as the laptop plays them flawlessly and WD are now not supporting (seemingly) 1st Gen WDTV players ...

 

... so I thought about an HTPC some more (thanks Scott) ... and then I thought about the nettops using the Nvidia ION chipsets. Anyone clued up on these? I really want something that can play back mkv files (up to 25GB each). I don't mind having external drives (inevitable), but I just don't know which are the best units at the moment.

 

The Acer Revo R3610 looks decent ...

 

/hijack :D

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Well, my WDTV is a great alternative to an HTPC, but it's got a few lip sync issues. I know the files are fine, as the laptop plays them flawlessly and WD are now not supporting (seemingly) 1st Gen WDTV players ...

 

... so I thought about an HTPC some more (thanks Scott) ... and then I thought about the nettops using the Nvidia ION chipsets. Anyone clued up on these? I really want something that can play back mkv files (up to 25GB each). I don't mind having external drives (inevitable), but I just don't know which are the best units at the moment.

 

The Acer Revo R3610 looks decent ...

 

/hijack :D

The Popcorn Hour 200 series has gotten most of the bugs worked out at this point. I have a C-200 and an Egreat M34A. Both stream full Bluray remuxes (m2ts 50GB files) and all my mkv's off my file server without so much as a hiccup. I have over 800 HD files and both NMT's play everything flawlessly.

 

With the combination of YAMJ this is an unbeatable combo.

 

This is what my front end looks like. :)

 

YAMJ-1.png

 

There are alternatives like XBMC and Boxee that run on a PC or ION platform but IMO the Popcorn Hours are the most complete package to date. Also they have the ability to play back HD audio flawlessly which is a must for me.

 

PM me and/or start a new thread if you have questions as I don't want to hijack Nate's lovely thread. :)

 

Also Crazy_Nate I would suggest trying out Boxee when you get your box up and running.....its cross platform and can run on top of Linux, Mac, or Windows.

 

http://www.boxee.tv/

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