[mythtv-users] Quiet cheap frontend for 1080p

Brad Templeton brad+myth at templetons.com
Tue Oct 9 06:38:08 UTC 2012


On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 07:19:16AM -0600, Teruel deCampo MD wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-04 at 21:16 -0700, chris biddick wrote:
> > I have had good luck with a Zotac zbox ion d525. 
> 


I must had my trusty cube computer frontend fail after many years.  Probably
just the PS, but it's old (AGP only) so time for a replacement.   Anything
else besides the Zotac that people have tested on?

I must admit I stopped using vdpau on the other systems.  Seemed to be a
hassle if you have the CPU to do it, though of course you run hotter using
the main CPU.  Can vdpau do h.264 now or still just mpeg2?  Of course my OTA
recordings are mpeg2 but transcoded ones are 264.

I assume that none of the other book size computers I see on sites like
newegg are enough to do 1080p?   The AMD E-450s, the Atoms (D525 or D2500)
with Intel GMAs?

Or since I have a core 2 duo sitting around, and ram and etc. would I
be better with an inexpensive SFF barebones and a cheap vid card?  A lot
bigger, and more watts, but a lot more power for other functions.  There seem
to be decent boxes under $100.


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