[mythtv-users] AppleTV, was: Mac Mini and Broadcom Crystal HD PCI Express mini-card

[Brian Phillips]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On Friday 01 January 2010 10:46:52 pm Jeff Wormsley wrote:
>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>> That solution, and my using old thin clients, both depend on having
>>> old hardware hanging around. 
>>> 
>>> If buying new today, I still think the Revo, or some other ION
>>> solution, is probably the best way to go. $200 for a
>>> hardware-accelerated HD-capable frontend seems pretty good.
>> 
>> Yes, and I'm doing that for one of my other frontends, with a Zotac
>> IONITX board with the laptop supply, no fans, and if I can get
>> netbooting figured out, no hard drive.  I have a lot of TV's and not
>> many frontends and nowhere near the budget I had before I got
>> married. 
>> 
>> The AppleTV is a tad better than the Zotac for me for one reason,
>> though.  It has analog TV outputs so that I can use it on an older SD
>> set and still be able to play back the HD stuff I'm recording.  The
>> Zotac is VGA or HDMI or DVI-D only.
> 
> I haven't followed the AppleTV much, but your point about being
> usable with older TV sets is valid. 
> 
> What about the remote situation? Is there a usable and affordable
> solution there? 

I still use the Microsoft MCE USB remote that is pretty common with the IR
receiver plugged into the USB port.  Because I formatted the internal HDD
and run mythbuntu, it's no different than any other computer.  I think it's
the easiest solution out there.

Some have found ways to use the internal IR receiver with a Harmony learning
remote I believe.

Brian