[mythtv-users] Sandy Bridge / Intel HD 3000 support?

[Brian Phillips]

Raymond Wagner wrote:
> 
> But that's the thing.  Any desktop i3/5/7 will have plenty of power
> to handle any content MythTV might come across with software
> decoding.  
> Hardware offloading is nice, but unnecessary when you have the CPU
> power to back it up, which has always been the recommended mode of
> operation for MythTV, even for machines capable of VDPAU.

Recommended?  Yes.  But where's the fun in that?!

The joy of MythTV lies in using _possible_ (rather than recommended)
hardware to do the job, and if you free yourself from the i3/5/7 lineup the
diversity of cool remote frontends and hardware starts to become a real joy
for even the average geek.

Of course, if you want something to "just work" with MythTV, you're best bet
is to go with what's recommended.

Brian