[mythtv-users] mythtv on the ps3

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Fri Jan 12 20:10:37 UTC 2007


On Jan 12, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Jeff Breadner wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 14:01 -0500, Jeff volckaert wrote:
>
>> Could you also post on the performance of the PS3 as a linux  
>> computer?
>>  How many cores show up?  How fast does it compile stuff?  With up to
>> eight 3.2Ghz cores that thing should rock like a mini-mainframe.  You
>> should be able to do eight transcodes at a time.
>
> Actually, Linux on PS3 performance is still pretty disappointing.

<snip>

Everything you say is true, but the fact is that it is a great price  
even if it were simply a Blu-Ray player.

A "Mid-Range Mac" and a Blu-Ray player together would cost a *lot*  
more than the PS3.

Plus you get to play with Linux on it, no extra cost :-)

Talk about the PS3's "problems" all you want, it's still one of the  
best hardware deals out there.


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