Haven't managed to compare them as I didn't get a review model of the Artisan but here are my comments on the Ebox
"Well I've just recieved my review ebox-s from Evesham at the last minute. It took them about 7 days to build and the sound is certainly not as bad as people have said, yes you can hear the fans but it doesn't distract from watching TV, recording or anything else. I've set it up in my bedroom (wait til the girlfriend gets home and kills me) and have 6.1 speakers around the room (another sign of sure fire death from my gf) playing DVD's etc. I've got it connected up via DVI to my Viewsonic VX912 19" TFT as the ATI X300 it comes with has DVI out which a lot of the past few months of reviews haven't mentioned so far. I believe the card is the plain X300 and not the cheaper X300 SE but right now I'm not sure so don't quote me on it.
The review build came with Dual Digital TV cards, both Black gold and it also came with a dual booster for connecting up if you only have the one arial in your house. The machine also came with a wireless net connection too which was easy to setup and means i'll never have to have wires dragging all over the house.
The build quality is excellent, the Ebox itself is quite big, basically its like a smaller version of a desktop machine except it actually looks stylish. The slot loading DVD drive works well as does the great wireless keyboard that has an intergrated trackball for mouse control, which surprisingly I have got used to really quickly.
Performance is excellent, it loads fast, tasks are fast, switching of channels is really quick and the large harddrive will hold a lot of TV. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll try to answer them."