Recomendations for fanless small machine for my living room

[gilado]

Bought Sony Blu-ray DVD with wifi browser netflix etc. Pretty bad experience: slow to load and start, broken browser, hard to use UI. Returned the thing to the store.

I am looking for a replacement.
 * Small and silent (no fan)
 * SSD, DVD drive
 * TV compatible HDMI output   
 * Powerful enough to play HD videos off DVD media or streamed.
 * Capable of running PCLOS

The closest thing I found is http://www.cappuccinopc.com/pandora-mp65-d.asp although I'm not sure whether or not it is fanless (this company does make fanless machines.)

Any recommendations ?

[parnote]

FWIW, gilado ... I've just started picking out the equipment I want/need to build myself a HTPC (home theater PC). I expect it to be able to do the things you list ... play DVD movies or stream content to the TV in my living room, via a HDMI output. While the cost is at least 4x the amount I'd spend on a BluRay player that also streams content (from content providers THEY choose), I have the option of streaming from ANY site I choose. Plus, I suspect my components will be higher quality than those found in the BluRay player. And, of course, I expect to be able to do all of this via a PCLinuxOS installation.

parnote

[µT6]

that model won't work well with linux, the intel hd 3000 and 4000 afik are problematic

do you need a already assembled solution or a ready to use solution?

about the sony product, what problem did you experienced?  i have seen that sometimes the problem is the router and sometimes is better to connect the unit to a ethernet port and not use wifi, at least that is what a friend uses with a lg cinema 3d tv and netflix, works really well i must say, it opens websites really quick and the internet connection is lass than 5 mbps

[gilado]

About the Sony product:

Netflix worked however it was slow to turn on taking a long time to 'establish internet connection'. I have 12MBit Comcast "business class connection" and Netflix works flawlessly over wifi on my macbook. Choosing movies was a pain as you had to scroll through rows and rows of large icons.  I connected it to a 42 Inch HD Panasonic TV using HDMI cable, but text was not clear enough to read even from 6 feet away without straining you eyes. The UI for searching for movies (in lieu of scrolling though them icons) was clunky.

Using the browser, websites would not display properly, were slow to load. Pages with javascript would take forever (if at all) to display. Languages other than English (i.e. Latin fonts) would not display correctly.

The box seemed to run Linux 2.4.x and I think the browser was some broken version of Opera.