There have been SFF PC for years. The biggest issue is usually heat. With AMD & Intel trying to use less power (and generate less heat) these machines can get more and more power in small package. This machine would be perfect for a front end, but won't work for a full HTPC - there isn't enough space in it for more harddrive capacity (my system has 300GB and if you want to store 2 or 3 series and some moves long term it can really eat up space). Additionally it doesn't appear there is any way to add a capture card. You could get a USB one, but as the article said, there are only 2 USB ports and they will get used up in a hurry.
If you have another main system that does all the capture and storage and just use this to run the front end it will be great. Good price, too.
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