[mythtv-users] Frontend hardware confusion.

[Jeppe Nejsum Madsen]

Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> writes:

> 2011/3/22 Jan Johansson <j2 at mupp.net>:
>> The wiki states that ION2 with Feature Set C for VDPAU should be able to
>> play “pretty much anything” on even an Atom-box.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, right now, I am considering something like a ZOTAC ZBOX ID41-E
>> http://www.dustin.se/pd_5010550080.aspx
>
> I ordered a Zotac Zbox ID41 yesterday :) I'm going to use it as a
> dedicated frontend. Beware that the above link claims it's a 1.66GHz
> CPU, that's wrong, the Atom D525 in ID41 is 1.80GHz.
>
>> I am figuring 4GB of ram and a cheap SSD.
>
> Ditto, I ordered 2 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 RAM for the box. If it wasn't
> going to use iSCSI for storage, I would have ordered a 60GB OCZ Vertex
> 2 for it (best performance/price around here).
>
>> Am I thinking right?
>
> I did seriously consider to order a Shuttle XS35GT instead, as it is
> sold as fanless from the factory. However, it has lower specs all
> around (only 1.66GHz CPU, max 2GB RAM, only DDR2 and only 100Mbps NIC)
> so I decided to go with the Zbox instead, to improve the possibility
> of running Advanced 2x deinterlacing on it.

Please report back when you get it. I'm in the same market and wondering
if it's possible to use advanced 2x on 50hz material with subtitles :-)

/Jeppe