Hi, I use a drobo and it works fantastic.
Expensive yes, but upgradable and the safe against data loss.

I use the 5-bay FS which has ethernet connection .... no glitch ever. super fast!

I use it as a server for my mac mini home theater/beoport/linkplayer setup. 

@ Elephant

Thanks very much for explaining the connections...

PhilLondon wrote:

Guess what, the new Mac mini is here!

With HDMI and Mini display port, and SD card reader.

Half the size, better graphics, integrated power adaptor... great!

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Bought my first MacMini on Saturday (and a BeoLink Active with its PC connection, but that's another story for another time and another place).

Easy to set-up, although the migration of my files (i.e. my iTunes setup!) from the MacBook took 7 hours via a 100MB router.

The one surprise is that I can no longer have the audio output split and it go to the BeoPort and go to BeoVision.

Previously I had this set-up so that NetMusic commands would run via the BeoPort, but LinkPlayer commands would run via the BeoVision.

The new mini-displayport/HDMI capability on the new MacMini now requires a software toggle to switch the MacMini between digital output via the mini-displayport/HDMI to the BeoVision, or to analogue output through the headphone jack to the BeoPort.

I have spent Sunday researching keyboard shortcuts, AppleScripts, and the like to be able to do this without fussing with mouse options as a short term fix ...

Apart from that I love getting what seems a better audio experience 🙂

Two things for you all, (1) the video and ...

underscan is new with the MacMini but I prefer to lose some of the edges of the OSX desktop and yet retain some crispness of the text

... and (2) audio setups of the MacMini for the BV8 ...

In addition to a slight cpu upgrade in going from my MacBook's 2.0GHZ to the MacMini's 2.4GHZ I also applied an update to PLEX to use the GPUs of the MacMini (or the MacBook, but this I have not tested)

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The results of testing one 1080P movie were stunning ... totally smooth, no artefacts, no juddering on pans, no dropped frames 

And in case you are wondering I achieved the 1080P through the display 1080I setting I just posted :)

elephant wrote:

Exciting stuff - so you went for the standard Mini rather than the server. Did you leave it with the 2GB of RAM? Looks like the toggling for the analog/digital means I'll definitely be needing to get the CM388 converter to get both simultaneously out of the HDMI.

cooldude wrote:

Hi, I use a drobo and it works fantastic.
Expensive yes, but upgradable and the safe against data loss.

I use the 5-bay FS which has ethernet connection .... no glitch ever. super fast!

I use it as a server for my mac mini home theater/beoport/linkplayer setup. 

Must say more I research more I keep coming back to Drobo - pricey but seems idiot proof and I particularly like the ability to mix different size drives without losing capacity.

elephant wrote:

In addition to a slight cpu upgrade in going from my MacBook's 2.0GHZ to the MacMini's 2.4GHZ I also applied an update to PLEX to use the GPUs of the MacMini (or the MacBook, but this I have not tested)

 

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The results of testing one 1080P movie were stunning ... totally smooth, no artefacts, no juddering on pans, no dropped frames 

And in case you are wondering I achieved the 1080P through the display setting I just posted above :)

Sounds intersting. I`m really curious how the Cypress 338 works with the mac mini and the BV.

@ elephant: Do you know why there is no 1080p in the resolutions list?

Stefan

stefan wrote:

@ elephant: Do you know why there is no 1080p in the resolutions list?

Hi, the BV8-32 is not a real 1080 machine, it is only meant to be a 720p but together with the make it seems to be able to push up to 1080i !

dylan wrote:

Did you leave it with the 2GB of RAM?

Yes I did, mainly because the Apple brick and mortar store sold only the two pre-congigured models and I figured I could always add memory later if I needed it ... seeing how the new design seems to have easier access