[mythtv-users] nvidia ion for a front end?

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday 14 April 2010 10:26:01 am David Durham wrote:
> This looks like a cool little device that might be suitable for a frontend:
> 
>   http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204754
> 
> $179 for a barebone nvidia Ion net top sounds like a good price, but
> how well does mythtv play with ion?  I think the crux of the issue is
> probably whether or not vdpau would work.  Anyone have any knowledge
> of this?

The Revo 1600 with the ION works fine. It won't do the more advanced de-
interlacers, if that's important to you.

You do need to add RAM to the base unit to get enough to allocate sufficient 
video RAM for VDPAU. That adds about $30 to the $199 price.