[mythtv-users] Advice on cheap boxes for front-ends only
Tim Tait
t.tait at comcast.net
Sun Jul 11 23:02:53 EDT 2004
Jason Keirstead wrote:
>I am looking at setting up a home-lan myth setup, where al l my equipment for
>recieving signals ( sat dish boxes, cable boxes, encoder boxes ) will be in a
>closet in the basement, and I will have a small, cheap, low power front end
>box at every TV. This way I can capitalize on myth's backend / frontend
>functionality.
>
>I was wondering what people have for advice for a low cost front end only box.
>So far my prime candidate has been a suitably modded XBox, which seems to be
>cheaper than most other solutions I have been pursuing ( including building
>my own microATX based box ).
>
>Other solutions I have been thinking of are a low end laptops, or maybe single
>board computers. However, I am kind of at a loss as to what my minimal
>hardware requirements would be for a laptop to run as a front end.
>
>Any suggestions at all would be appriciated.
>
Re: Xbox, I just posted an hour ago that it seems like there are some
issues with putting linux on the newer (2004-04 and later?) xbox's, so
you may want to wait and see if gets straightened out. Otherwise the
xbox would seem like an excellent choice (and fitting revenge on M$, who
shouldn't be dumping hardware at below cost anyhow, isn't that what
Standard Oil in trouble back in the 20's?)
Tim
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