[mythtv-users] iMac as possible Frontend?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Mar 6, 2008, at 8:53 PM, Dustin Herrman wrote:

> Greeting,
>
> I am wanting to put a Myth Frontend in my kid's playroom.  We don't  
> have
> an extra TV, so I was thinking of getting an old iMac on eBay.  I have
> read the couple of articles on the wiki about this, but was  
> wondering if
> anyone is actually doing this and how is it working?  Would you
> recommend a G4? G5? Intel?
>
> Any advice is welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
> dusty

My daughter uses a 17" iMac G5 1.6 GHz. It does standard def without a  
problem, but stutters on high def. I'm sure it just needs a tiny but  
more speed to play back high-def smoothly. If you're only doing SD,  
they're great. I would recommend getting a USB IR receiver and using a  
remote since it's for kids. My daughter is 10 and sometimes gets  
irritated controller her "tv" with a keyboard all the time. She's much  
more comfortable with a regular remote control when watching TV.  
Keyboards are for clubpenguins.com. :)