2011-04-02, 05:00
I'm kinda overwhelmed by all the options that there are, so please give me your suggestions--
At one end of my house I have a cable modem connected to a router (DLINK DIR-655) connected to 2 computers in the same room and my moms macmini 'bout 75 meters away; all the cable is cat6 UTP. I want to put a switch next to the macmini that will go to a 2TB NAS and to the STB
WHAT I WANT IN A STB
• I don't need WiFi
• HDMI
• Silent
• Small SSD or boot from flash drive
• Fast ethernet
• I have 2x 1GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules laying around, I'd like to reuse these
• 1080p output
• Decode any format XBMC can handle
• Run XBMC live
I plan to store all my media on a 2TB NAS and access with SMB
http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-GS605NA-Gi...808&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Ne...831&sr=1-4
At one end of my house I have a cable modem connected to a router (DLINK DIR-655) connected to 2 computers in the same room and my moms macmini 'bout 75 meters away; all the cable is cat6 UTP. I want to put a switch next to the macmini that will go to a 2TB NAS and to the STB
WHAT I WANT IN A STB
• I don't need WiFi
• HDMI
• Silent
• Small SSD or boot from flash drive
• Fast ethernet
• I have 2x 1GB DDR2 SO-DIMM modules laying around, I'd like to reuse these
• 1080p output
• Decode any format XBMC can handle
• Run XBMC live
I plan to store all my media on a 2TB NAS and access with SMB
http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-GS605NA-Gi...808&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Ne...831&sr=1-4