Building a HTPC for ... a travel trailer?

[Arinoth]

Ah, thought you wanted to use an external dvd player.

That little board does seem to have everything else you need, though seems like it uses laptop not desktop ram, unless the picture I'm looking at is off.

Amplifier looks like it should work for your needs too.

[sswilson]

Heh that's quite an upgrade from the 10W scythe. :) That said, you did notice that it was a 32VDC power source right?

[JD]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

I'm sorry - I meant HDMI output from a GPU to the 27" LCD. The board I found (Newegg.ca - ZOTAC D2700ITXS-A-E Intel Atom D2700 (2.13 GHz, Dual Core) Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU/VGA Combo) has everything I need: HDMI, Wireless N, BT and an msata port for a no-cables setup.

That should be a solid board. I have a plain D2700 ITX board and it somewhat can handle HD MKV's. It plays them, but it's a bit choppy initially. With that GT520 in there, that baby should fly!

If you're looking for a small case, this one is pretty decent: Newegg.ca - iStarUSA S-0112-DT Black Steel / Plastic Desktop Compact Stylish Mini-ITX Enclosure with 120W PSU and Desktop Stand 120W Relatively well built but it's a bit tight for space obviously (as per image below).

[Arinoth]

I liked the Mini-box M350 myself,
Mini-Box M350 Universal mITX Computer Case Black 1X2.5INT Works With Pico PSU - Black

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Heh that's quite an upgrade from the 10W scythe. :) That said, you did notice that it was a 32VDC power source right?

Yup, and it comes with a power supply. I'll get used to power it up everytime.

Thanks for the case offers, I'll probably use a MI-008 since I'll need a DVD-ROM (and I won't use the case cover). I also think this little board should be plenty powerful for my needs. I saw it requires SODIMM (already on hand), and I have a spare 60Gb SSD just for it.

You guys will have to wait until summer for a build log though... trailer is under a few feet of snow.

[sswilson]

Now all we need are affordable wireless touchscreen monitors for use as remotes. :)

Hell... I'd run win8 for that!!!!! ;)

[JD]

Originally Posted by sswilson

Now all we need are affordable wireless touchscreen monitors for use as remotes. :)

Hell... I'd run win8 for that!!!!! ;)

Hmm use a tablet perhaps? You could run a VNC/RDP client and effectively do that.

[3.0charlie]

So... I already have an Acer Iconia A200 that travels with us on those trips... and already use my cellphone as a hotdspot via wireless... hmm. I'll have to play with this.

[sswilson]

I'd think ideally that you'd want to be able to access a win8 htpc (I'm thinking windows because of tuner support) using an android tablet based solely on power consumption. That'd be pretty kickass though, you wouldn't need heavy processing power because you're not looking to stream to the tablet, just have a display that allows touchscreen/mouse access.

[odis172]

Are you still looking for an amp? I'm using this with a 3.5mm output from a tablet to my 4 car speakers. It works great. The on/off of the amp is controlled by the blue wire, so hook that up to the 12v of the psu for power control.
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