[mythtv-users] Nvidia ION frontend

[jedi]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 08:30:10PM -0400, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:12 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 
> > 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.

[deletia]

> Sorry for the delay in my response.  I don't get much past my primary inbox
> on some weekends.  I use MakeMKV to archive all my blu-rays.  Yes,
> uncompressed.  I have a 2TB drive for this reason.  I legitimately own
> every Blu-ray on my backend.  Physical media was a real problem in my
> household because the little ones would destroy at least one disc a month.
>  I would find them face down under the sofa or in a toy box.  I tried
> hiding the discs, but somehow they always got their hands on them.  Now we
> can watch any disc from any TV in the house!  I own one Blu-ray player and
> never use it.
> 
> The only disc I have had a problem with so far is Avatar.  Everything works
> great except for a small hesitation when the forced subtitles appear on
> screen.

   Just finished the Avengers BD tonight. The basic bookmark feature is a very
handy feature and one reason I was originally drawn to MythTV. I wanted a 
player that would actually deliver on it's promised features even if I had to
"get out and push". Got burned by a console player that promised more than it
delivered.

    The whole "media free" and "multi room" thing is an added bonus.