[mythtv-users] Is the Acer Revo still the best frontend?

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Tue Nov 9 02:48:24 UTC 2010


On 11/8/2010 21:25, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> Sorry for yet another "best" frontend thread.  Just wondering if the
> Acer Aspire Revo 1600 is still an awesome frontend or has it been
> surpassed by the later model or something else?

As with all ION systems, the Revo 1600 is an _adequate_ frontend, 
provided all your playback needs can be handled by VDPAU and the nVidia 
chip.  If you need playback of some content with options not supported 
by it, or a codec not supported by it, or malformed bitstreams it cannot 
handle, or something like Flash, it will fall flat on its face.

For most content recorded by MythTV, it will work fine, but it is still 
preferred to have enough CPU power to decode in software if need be.


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