[mythtv-users] AppleTV or macmini for HD

[Brad Fuller]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Monkey Pet <monkeypet at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I was trying to decide between a macmini or an appletv.  I want to
>  be able to display HD content from my backend.  Right now I am using a
>  hdhomerun box to record hd and the picture quality is awesome on my
>  macbook pro running mythfrontend on osx and also running some windows
>  program to display content on my windows PC.  However, I need a
>  solution for my remote setup-boxes.  I was thinking either appletv or
>  macmini.  I currently have the orginal powerpc version of the macmini,
>  but it can't do HD.  I think the newer macmini would work, but like
>  the cost savings of the appletv.
>
>  So, here is my question.  Will the AppleTV be enough to run a
>  mythtvfrontend (after hacking it) and displaying HD content?  Has
>  anyone tried this successful and can comment on it?

check archives. There has been several threads about the quality of
these two units recently.

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Brad Fuller
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