Any suggestions for small, powerful, quiet, FullHD VDR client? So, I search machine what would act as VDR-client, using xineliboutput with FullHD resolution and machine would have DVI or HDMI connection optical audio.
I bought 2 years ago Zotac IONITX-A-E motherboard which came with atom CPU and nvidia gpu, at that time it cost about 200 euro. ... I made the small case myself and have I have 12" fan running in it in the slowest speed and the case/cpu/gpu temperatures remains under 50 c.
I also have such a zotac board. Its running like a charm as a vdr client since almost two years COMPLETELEY NOISELESS (no fan, SSD)! You have Full HD over HDMI (and there is optical output, but I never tried to use). Definatly my recommendation if noise is a concern.
see http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-January/021920.html
Michael