[mythtv-users] Quiet cheap frontend for 1080p

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Oct 9 21:02:54 UTC 2012


On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 12:23:28PM -0500, Douglas Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:08 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 07:34:48PM -0700, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:18 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > > ....
> > > >    They went back to Intel graphics.
> > >
> > > Some of them have AMD/ATI graphics.  In both cases (Intel/AMD)
> > > you would be running VAAPI rather than VDPAU.
> >
> >     The ones with ATI graphics are "upgrades" and they cost even more.
> 
> Yea, when I was first looking at this an option the MacMini was about $499
> with a CPU / Memory that could handle the issue and the built in graphics
> were "ok" enough that you could use them...not great by any means but
> reported useable.
> 
> Now it looks like you're looking at about $700 for a system that would be
> considered "in spec" these days.  That's too much, even for the form factor
> you won't find anywhere else.

    If you are just going to use brute force CPU power for your video decoding 
then the current Minis are pretty mundane actually. Just marry one of a number
of comparable mini-ITX boards with the case of your choice. 

    The same goes for VAAPI if you can get that working too.



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