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HUSH ATX Media PVR

Paul Westbrook | 15 August, 2004 15:08

HUSH PVRHush Technology is coming out with another cool product. Their Hush ATX Media PVR is a silent Microsoft Windows XP based PVR and media center, that looks like it does a lot of cool stuff. Here are the specs of the hardware:

  • Hush ATX Aluminium Case with 3 Heatpipes,
  • 240 Watt Power Supply, Fanless,
  • Mainboard FIC P4-865PE, Socket 478, Intel Chipset 865PE, FSB 800
  • 2.8GHz Intel® Celeron® Processor,
  • 512MB DDRAM PC400 (2x256MB),
  • 160GB Samsung HDD, 7200 RPM,
  • Teac DVD-R / RAM / CDR-W Combo, DV-W22E, Slim Line,
  • Radeon 92V, 128MB DDR SDRAM incl. Graphic Card-Kit
  • DVI+CRT+TV out, Fanless, AGP 8X RiserCard,
  • Hauppauge NOVA-S, Digital SAT TV Card PCI,
  • 4x USB 2.0, 2x IEEE 1394 FireWire, RS232, parallel, Mouse and Keyboard Ports,
  • 6 channal Audio Realtec ALC650 Sound 5.1, SPDIF out (Optical/RCA)
  • 10/100 LAN Ethernet on Board,
  • USB / FireWire Panel in Front, for 2xUSB + 2xFireWire in Front,
  • ATI Remote Wonder - Remote Control
Since the only input looks to be the Hauppauge NOVA-S, Digital SAT TV Card, I don't think that this will work in the US, without some modification. I wonder if it could be replaced with a NTSC or ATSC card, and the software would just recognize it.

Also I am not sure about how much this will cost when it does come out, and if it comes out in the US.
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HUSH AVX Music Server

Paul Westbrook | 15 August, 2004 14:47

HUSH AVX Music ServerWhile looking at the HUSH ATX PC case, I saw that Hush Technololgy makes a Media server. It seems pretty cool. It is a component size device that has a CD drive, in order to rip CDs. The interesting features is that it comes with a Dell Pocket PC device, with a 802.11 card. They have installed software that automaticalllyy finds the music server on the network, and then allows control of it. The interface on the PDA, also allows you to search for your music on the server.

The AVX Music Server has a 160Gb drive, and what I think is the coolest features is that it is fan less, so that it should be silent, except for the drive. A couple of things that I would love to see are digital audio out, as well as video out, so you are not tied to the PDA based remote.

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Hush ATX

Paul Westbrook | 15 August, 2004 14:12

Hish ATX
/. mentions the Hush ATX which is a Silent PC, made by Hush Technologies. The whole case is made from a bunch of aluminum heat sinks, and it is fitted with heatpipes. Here is a review from TrustedReviews.

Logic Supply has them for sale for $1675, for a 2Ghz Celeron model. It looks like they are out of stock now.



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