Criteria:
- AVAILABLE
- consumer-grade (w/ case, power supply, running out of the box)
- able to run a full Linux with root access
- Internet and Storage connectivity (USB and Ethernet if not otherwise indicated)
- cheap ($200 max w/o disks)
How about the WDTV HD Live? ( see
http://b-rad.cc/974/wdtv-live-unboxing-undressing/ )
- It is AVAILABLE
- It has a case :-)
- It can run Linux / debian with a custom firmware
see
http://b-rad.cc/wdlxtv-live/ and
http://b-rad.cc/1058/debian-on-wdtv-live/- It has 2 USB and one Ethernet Port
- It cost around 100EUR (or $120)
- It has 256/512MB DRAM
- It has 256MB Flash
- It has also HDMI
- It has also optical Audio Out
- It has some CoProcessors (DSP)