[mythtv] MythUI OSD branch and the way forward

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> On 23/03/2010 21:21, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> No one says you /have/ to run the current version of MythTV--just like
>> no one says you /have/ to buy new video cards when yours are 6 years
>> old.  But, if you /choose/ not to...
>>
>>
>
> i don't buy graphics cards for machines that run myth - i use the graphics
> chip on the motherboard
> and therefore i only buy motherboards with integrated graphics
>
> nowadays it is getting harder to find AMD motherboards with NVidia
>
> i've been running the current version of myth for many years now - i'm not
> going to stop updating it


I now buy cheap fanless nvidia cards that do VDPAU.
They're:
-under $70 in AU (so likely under $40 in US)
-fanless

Other than that I'm going to likely pick up some ION2 machines once
they're out and have linux driver support.  I liked the ION1 but am
too spoiled by advanced2x deint.