Or "Keepsake Bin" or "Use another day cabinet" or ...

MythTV can offload decoding to the GPU. The Foxconn has an NVidia ION MB which will do 1080P all decoded from the builtin GPU. The same system has Gig-Ethernet and can use up to 4G of RAM. Plug in a USB Mini BT dongle to use a KB/Mouse if you want. The Foxconn can be bought for $200 (£150 in the UK) as a barebones system w RAM although it's hard to find in the UK. There are other manufacturers that do rebranded systems of the same type and it's so small you can mount it on the back of a TV or monitor. Again, if you PXE Boot a MythTV frontend, you don't need a hard drive inside it'll be virtually silent.

Use LinuxMCE as a backend and a is Foxconn NT-330I-A-W-NA-A NVIDIA ION as a frontend which you PXE Boot (so no internal drive to make it silent) -P

ergo the Geek Squad brand would lose it's prestige. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. -P

I use it to view the dark fiber routes of all the different vendors we use to make sure that none of them use the same route. Therefore avoiding the risk of having multiple fibers failing when the backhoes start doing their thing. -P

I found Sphider and it fulfills my needs. -P

Command and Conquer: Red Alert (the original) is being given out for free by EA.

-P

Finally! I can now recommend it to all my Mac friends.

-P