[mythtv-users] Nvidia ION frontend

[jedi]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 05:16:17PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 12:25 -0400, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
> > 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 thought playing Blu-Ray, at least a random one with a commercial
> movie, did not work because the format is locked down.  Even MS Windows
> and Mac OS require special software, which seems to cost more than a
> blu-ray player.  Are you saying that's not a problem, or are you just
> using special Blu-rays, like ones you burned yourself?

    Rip it and forget about the physical media and it's encryption.

    With 4 or 5 frontends, this is really the most sensible thing to do 
anyways as it beats carting some disk around the house.