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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Netbook without display? was: Recycling, again :-)) and was: Off-topic: Re: 1TB drives
From: Andrew Dacey <frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:25:35 -0400
Take a look at the Shuttle PCs, they should have a model that fits  
what you're looking for.

On Feb 12, 2009, at 6:31 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:

> Well to move the topic off in a slightly different direction, I'm
> half-looking for a little stripped-down 'media pc' that wouldn't  
> look out of
> place in my living room.  I want to watch internet content on my  
> Sony HD tv.
>  Sony make a Bravia internet adaptor but it's targeted at proprietary
> content :-(
> It needs to have a fullHD 1920x1080 display driver (HDMI or DVI), an
> ethernet connection (or USB+wifi dongle), and a wireless keyboard/ 
> mouse.
>  Not much else except a built-in browser, not even a hdd really.   
> And if
> possible no fan.
>
> Something like a miniMac but a PC :-)
> And less than €300 (for which I can get a much-too-capable laptop!).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jez
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Mike Lazzari  
> <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>>
>>>  I think 4:3 would make a lot more sense on a netbook,
>> 16:9 works for movies not for computer monitors. Why the hype over
>> "widescreen" displays?  Which more accurately are "short and  
>> squatty" as
>> I've commented before. IMHO 1200 vertical pixels are a minimum before
>> going wide. The 24" monitors @ 1200x1900 are fine and my 22" 4:3
>> 1200x1600 displays an Ething image full screen.
>>
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