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

[jedi]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:08:58AM -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Kevin Ross wrote:
> 
> > On 11/8/2010 8:25 PM, Charles Wright wrote:
> >> 
> >> If there were another system in a similar form factor that I can hide
> >> behind my television (the Revo is just zip tied to the TV bracket),
> >> but with enough CPU to do Flash and have the appropriate
> >> virtualization extensions; I would personally consider replacing my
> >> Revo.
> > 
> > Any mini-ITX form factor motherboard with onboard nVidia graphics, with a real CPU instead of an Atom would do the trick, such as the Zotac GF9300-I-E.  Put it in an m350 case from mini-box.com, plus a PicoPSU, and strap it to the back of your TV. :)
> 
> See also: Apple Mac Mini.

   Tried that. It wasn't very satisfying. Flash seems to want a CPU that can
handle HD h264 easily on a single core. It doesn't seem to multithread very
well. Although it can multithread well enough to use up every spare cycle on
every core you happen to have.

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