Comments for Stephen Beattie http://www.stephenbeattie.com Flash, PHP, Flex and other RIA technologies. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:08:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on A Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Greener HTPC by admin http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/09/27/a-faster-smaller-cheaper-greener-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-252 admin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:08:33 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=18#comment-252 Sorry Methanoid, I never actually went ahead with this build for cost reasons. I ended up re-using my Antec case and putting roughly the same bits in that for much less: http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2009/05/24/upgrading-the-core-of-my-htpc/ Sorry Methanoid, I never actually went ahead with this build for cost reasons. I ended up re-using my Antec case and putting roughly the same bits in that for much less: http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2009/05/24/upgrading-the-core-of-my-htpc/

]]> Comment on A Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Greener HTPC by Methanoid http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/09/27/a-faster-smaller-cheaper-greener-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Methanoid Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:14 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=18#comment-251 I hear the PCI slot CAN be used with a 3.5" HDD but its tight. Have you tried and/or could you? Also I wonder if you could sling a 3.5" HDD under the optical drive? Any views since you have the case and I don't!!?? I hear the PCI slot CAN be used with a 3.5″ HDD but its tight. Have you tried and/or could you? Also I wonder if you could sling a 3.5″ HDD under the optical drive? Any views since you have the case and I don’t!!??

]]> Comment on Upgrading the core of my HTPC by Scott http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2009/05/24/upgrading-the-core-of-my-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Scott Mon, 25 May 2009 10:47:24 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=34#comment-235 I am not sure about the 1080p playback. My system only just copes, and is almost identical, if not slightly faster. Depends on the graphics card I suppose. How much is a sata DVD? My so was only 15. You could upgrade that and ditch the adaptor. I am not sure about the 1080p playback. My system only just copes, and is almost identical, if not slightly faster. Depends on the graphics card I suppose. How much is a sata DVD? My so was only 15. You could upgrade that and ditch the adaptor.

]]> Comment on Upgrading the core of my HTPC by Matt http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2009/05/24/upgrading-the-core-of-my-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Matt Sun, 24 May 2009 15:26:44 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=34#comment-234 This should rock! This should rock!

]]> Comment on A Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Greener HTPC by admin http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/09/27/a-faster-smaller-cheaper-greener-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-233 admin Sun, 24 May 2009 14:28:48 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=18#comment-233 Yeah, the single core Atom models are probably a bit underpowered. The Eeebox B208 (dual-core Atom 330) looks pretty tasty though. http://www.liliputing.com/2009/03/asus-launches-eee-box-b208-with-windows-vista-and-hd-video.html We'll have to wait and see the UK pricing though - I suspect it's likely to be £400+ in which case not such good value. I wish Asus (and others) would take a leaf out of Apple's book and ship only a few bits of kit, fully-specced but competitively priced for volume sales instead of trying to hit every price-point with a short-lived model. It gets confusing with all the variations of the same thing and you're always left waiting for the next model because the current one only does 90% of what you need. Yeah, the single core Atom models are probably a bit underpowered. The Eeebox B208 (dual-core Atom 330) looks pretty tasty though.

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/03/asus-launches-eee-box-b208-with-windows-vista-and-hd-video.html

We’ll have to wait and see the UK pricing though – I suspect it’s likely to be £400+ in which case not such good value.

I wish Asus (and others) would take a leaf out of Apple’s book and ship only a few bits of kit, fully-specced but competitively priced for volume sales instead of trying to hit every price-point with a short-lived model. It gets confusing with all the variations of the same thing and you’re always left waiting for the next model because the current one only does 90% of what you need.

]]> Comment on A Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Greener HTPC by Bruce http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/09/27/a-faster-smaller-cheaper-greener-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Bruce Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=18#comment-229 I've tried that ASUS HD and it's not that great for playing 1080p mkv files. I’ve tried that ASUS HD and it’s not that great for playing 1080p mkv files.

]]> Comment on A Faster, Smaller, Cheaper, Greener HTPC by Matt Martin http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/09/27/a-faster-smaller-cheaper-greener-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Matt Martin Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:55:33 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/?p=18#comment-139 ASUS have answered everyones calls with a HD capable box. http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Adds+HD+Capability+to+New+Eee+Box+Models/article13584.htm ASUS have answered everyones calls with a HD capable box.

http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Adds+HD+Capability+to+New+Eee+Box+Models/article13584.htm

]]> Comment on Hybrid Static/Dynamic content with SQLite by Content Modeling with XML http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/05/12/hybrid-staticdynamic-content-with-sqlite/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Content Modeling with XML Tue, 20 May 2008 08:35:08 +0000 http://www.stephenbeattie.com/2008/05/12/hybrid-staticdynamic-content-with-sqlite/#comment-52 [...] And so, the XML simply defines a form to be rendered but also, the fact that we have a record of the structure of the stored content means that we can use this to publish content from the database into HTML (by means of templating), XML (by using the ‘id’ attribute of each property node as the tag names) and even to an SQLite database. Since SQLite supports only a few simple data types I was able to simply map the property types (taking into account their validation rules) and create an SQLite database for each Collection on the fly. This proved to be an ideal solution for reasons I’ve mentioned before. [...] [...] And so, the XML simply defines a form to be rendered but also, the fact that we have a record of the structure of the stored content means that we can use this to publish content from the database into HTML (by means of templating), XML (by using the ‘id’ attribute of each property node as the tag names) and even to an SQLite database. Since SQLite supports only a few simple data types I was able to simply map the property types (taking into account their validation rules) and create an SQLite database for each Collection on the fly. This proved to be an ideal solution for reasons I’ve mentioned before. [...]

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