Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo E

I have purchased this ultra quiet barebone system form Maplin. The barebone system was not so barebone as it came with 3.06GHz Pentium4 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, KWorld DVB-T 210 Hybrid Analogue and Digital TV Tuner Card, and Wireless Network Card.

I have purchased 1TB SATA2 hard drive, which is significantly larger then manufacturer and Maplin recommendations. But by installing Unbuntu 8.10 I had overcome the problem as Ubuntu recognised and fully utilised all installed hardware. I have recycled one my old DVD±RW(DL) Optical Drive by installing into this media server, as well as one of my old Hauppauge WinTV cards.

So far I have managed to watch DVDs, live TV, listen FM radio and browse Internet, read emails and make video phone calls via Skype. As this Media Centre PC features IR remote control and RF keyboard with trackball, it is definitely what we need for our family computational and entertainment needs.

To control whole multimedia side of the PC I have chose to install MythTV, which utilises the remote control and front panel display.