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ross.jemima at gmail

Aug 6, 2010, 1:33 AM

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Viewsonic VOT132 vs Foxconn NT-330I

Hi all,

A friend of mine recently bought a Viewsonic VOT132 for a frontend. I
hadn't heard of these before and did some research. They're a Ion based
board similar to the revos. In my searching I also discovered that this
model is *supposed* to be a rebrand of the barebones Foxconn NT-330I.
The latter item is more appealing as it doesn't have the HDD or Windows
attachments. But the only info I can find regarding the Foxconn and
Mythtv is that they don't play well together... Does anyone know
anything about these units? The Foxconn can be bought from US for a
sharp price.

Regards

Rossco

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nick.rout at gmail

Aug 6, 2010, 1:49 AM

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Re: Viewsonic VOT132 vs Foxconn NT-330I [In reply to]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen
<ross.jemima [at] gmail> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A friend of mine recently bought a Viewsonic VOT132 for a frontend. I
> hadn't heard of these before and did some research. They're a Ion based
> board similar to the revos. In my searching I also discovered that this
> model is *supposed* to be a rebrand of the barebones Foxconn NT-330I.
> The latter item is more appealing as it doesn't have the HDD or Windows
> attachments. But the only info I can find regarding the Foxconn and
> Mythtv is that they don't play well together... Does anyone know
> anything about these units? The Foxconn can be bought from US for a
> sharp price.
>

got to say my googling didn't seem to find anything better than your
research. Buy at your own risk I guess.

I have seen dual core revos with 2G ram for $450 "buy now" on trademe
recently. Down from considerably more a short time ago. They are
surely a safer bet? (although I am not sure what your 'sharp' price
for a foxconn is, and I',m not that motivated to find out given the
indications that it doesn't work out of the box with myth and that
it's manufacturer is unhelpful)

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criggie at criggie

Aug 6, 2010, 3:09 AM

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Re: Viewsonic VOT132 vs Foxconn NT-330I [In reply to]

On 06/08/10 20:33, Ross and Jemima Knudsen wrote:
> A friend of mine recently bought a Viewsonic VOT132 for a frontend. I
> hadn't heard of these before and did some research. They're a Ion based
> board similar to the revos. In my searching I also discovered that this
> model is *supposed* to be a rebrand of the barebones Foxconn NT-330I.
> The latter item is more appealing as it doesn't have the HDD or Windows
> attachments. But the only info I can find regarding the Foxconn and
> Mythtv is that they don't play well together... Does anyone know
> anything about these units? The Foxconn can be bought from US for a
> sharp price.

I've heard the vot132 is rather loud - its actively cooled and the fans
are small and fast.

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Criggie

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ross.jemima at gmail

Aug 7, 2010, 1:25 AM

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Re: Viewsonic VOT132 vs Foxconn NT-330I [In reply to]

On 6/08/2010 8:49 p.m., Nick Rout wrote:
>
> I have seen dual core revos with 2G ram for $450 "buy now" on trademe
> recently. Down from considerably more a short time ago. They are
> surely a safer bet? (although I am not sure what your 'sharp' price
> for a foxconn is, and I',m not that motivated to find out given the
> indications that it doesn't work out of the box with myth and that
> it's manufacturer is unhelpful)
>
>
Yeah, its a shame because it looks like an ideal Myth frontend (cheap,
no OS, no HDD, small).

I might have a look at the revo option (again :-) ).

On 6/08/2010 10:09 p.m., criggie [at] criggie wrote:
>
> I've heard the vot132 is rather loud - its actively cooled and the fans
> are small and fast.
>
>
>
Quite a lot of the netbook ions are actively cooled (revo, zbox,
foxconn). I'll have to see how loud it is on my mates setup.

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