[mythtv-users] Nvidia ION frontend

[PJR]

On 04/10/12 17:25, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com
> <mailto:dmfrey at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Josu Lazkano
>     <josu.lazkano at gmail.com <mailto:josu.lazkano at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Hello, I just change my system and now I have a backend on a
>         different
>         server, so I need a light frontend machine.
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>         My idea is to install 8GB SSD drive on a Nvidia ION board, and
>         suspend
>         when I switch off the TV.
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>         Is this a good idea?
>
>         I will appreciate your comments and your experience on light
>         frontends.
>
>         Thanks and best regards.
>
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>         Josu Lazkano
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>     Josu,
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>     I have a FE on an Nvidia ION platform.  It works great.  Does your
>     tv support CEC?  If so, you could possibly can get a CEC adapter
>     for that box and then, when the CEC adapter receives those
>     signals, have it kick off a suspend and resume, or shutdown,
>     startup.  I haven't tried it myself, but I believe, in theory,
>     this should be possible.
>
>     Dan
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> I currently have 5 Nvidia ION frontends.  All playing HD and Blu-rays
> very well.  I use 8GB thumb drives or SD cards in all of them.  No
> problems at all.  I am not sure if bootup would be quicker with an
> SSD, but the expense was not justified for me.  I have long wanted to
> try standby mode, but never got around to it.  My latest frontends
> have been Zotac ZBox ID11 snagged on eBay for $125 each with $10 for
> an 8GB SD card.
>
> -Tom
>
I run an Nvidia ION2 frontend with 64GB SSD (for S/W) and 1T Raid 1 HDD
(for data) set up, it works just find including recording and play back
of HD TV. No noticeable improvement in boot times over HDD. My set up
goes to sleep when not recording, woken up by the RTC alarm. To play
back when not recording it has to be woken up which is done by the
WakeonLAN feature of Mythmote.  Propose to add CEC control at some time
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