[mythtv-users] Reference fanless frontend, frontend, backend, fe/be

[Matt Emmott]

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On Jan 11, 2011 6:46 PM, "Greg Oliver" <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Richard Morton
> <richard.e.morton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Totally silent means fanless and solid state disks or net boot.
> > That increases the cost significantly compared to a 'comparatively'
quiet
> > front end (the comparison being a tivo sky+ or other pvr which do
contain
> > hard disks and fans.
> >
> > As far as i know there is no amd chipset currently worth recommending
you
> > are limited to nvidia if you want a reasonably quiet frontend (non too
> > powerful cpu and therefore no fast fans cooling it).
> >
> > As for a reference documented frontend it is true maybe this could be
made
> > more promontent in the online documentation.
> >
> > The current recomendation is for an ion based system such as an eee pc
or a
> > zotac ion-a with 512mb configured for the video and 2gb total. There
systems
> > have a single fan and can net boot. You may want to add a fan controller
to
> > decrease the noise but they are not that noisy.
> >
> > This is enough typing on a tiny keyboard (powercut affecting broadband
> > currently)
>
> I know there is no ARM port for mythtv, but this signature  below made
> me think of my tablet that has a tegra2 chip, which when connected to
> my TV over hdmi play 1080p content perfectly...  Looks like it may be
> a good win in the near future - especially after the nvidia/intel
> announcement today..  ION/ATOM = future tegra...
>

There's an ARM port of Mythtv.
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