[mythtv-users] Advice on Building a Quiet MythTV Box?

[Blammo]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:41 PM, migmog <andrew at migmog.com> wrote:
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> The frontend was a net-booted VIA
> mini-itx frontend running minimyth. Booted in about a minute, but more
> importantly resumed from standby in under 10 seconds and consumed VERY
> little power - ~35 watts when showing video, ~3 watts in standby -
> which is too high but still an order of magnitude better that what
> most people get.

Aren't there still some pretty serious horsepower challenges when
playing back things like 1080i or H.264 with a light-end front end
like that, or has that situation improved? (not counting VPDAU)