Are there some links to a hardware reference platform where one can see an example of a complete hardware setup using one of the mentioned cards? Such a setup should have HDMI output with audio and video, additional video outputs and additional audio outputs (analog and digital). It should also have some type of IR receiver and of course at minimum 100mbit LAN.

The NVIDIA links provided just seem to be about published APIs to their video cards. Stuck in the lurch is still the building and configuration of a stealth/small/silent box to run the front end software and connect to your AV rack.


EDIT: This is the cheapest complete mini system I've found, which still excludes the NVIDIA video card:

http://www.mini-box.com/Mini-Box-M300

You'll also need memory and storage of course. Plus an IR receiver - which you'll have to connect externally (not necessarily a bad thing). There's no optical (toslink) or other (COAX) digital audio output.

So far my calculations on a mini system are about $300-500 and they're still coming up short compared to what's currently available with the Sigmatel SoC platform solutions.