As you may know, I am a huge fan of the Xtreamer, and the new Xtreamer Ultra, powered by an Intel Atom Dual Core D525 and nVidia ION2 processor will be launched next week. Here is a sneak preview.
Western Digital offers a line of 2.5” drives made specifically for HTPCs, PVRs, surveillance video and digital signs. These drives use a 3 Gb/s interface, 32 MB cache and range in size from 160GB to 500GB. If you are looking for a 2.5” drive for your HTPC then the WD AV-25 line is for you.
Vidabox, makers of those high end Media Center machines, have recently released a Mini-ITX case called the CubeCase, and if you are planning on building your own Media Center or Windows Home Server Vail machine, then you should take a look at this.