Was tipped off about this fantastic article from a recent Ubuntu Uk Podcast. The hardware looks pretty interesting an could make a great HD frontend for MythTV with VDPAU enabled. There’s a good post about trying VDPAU in MythBuntu on the forums but I haven’t had a chance to try it yet as I don’t have one of the supported GPUs.
Anyway, just thought the article was so good it was worth pointing out for anyone that might be looking for a cheap, near silent HD frontend.