[mythtv-users] inexpensive front end

[jacek burghardt]

I use mine with 55" tv and have no issues


On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

>
> Celeron 1610... or Celeron G540 is all you need for a combined
>> frontend/backend HD system if your not overly concerned about deinterlacing
>> and don't need VC-1 support (or encoding support if/when it comes).
>>
>> I am using a Celeron G540 now on my primary backend and it works great.
>>  Decodes using VAAPI use <10% CPU, leaving plenty of overhead to commflag
>> one or two HD shows in realtime while serving up shows to 2 other frontends.
>>
>> I am using mine on a 20" monitor in my office, and the picture is
>> adequate... though I can see deinterlacing being an issue on a large TV.
>>  However I suspect, though cannot confirm, that you could have the system
>> output interlaced shows in their native format and let the TV handle the
>> deinterlacing for you.. it's probably better than what the Intel HD
>> Graphics can do.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:10:21PM +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>> > On 07/06/13 20:25, jacek burghardt wrote:
>>> > >I got htpc build on celeron 1610 for your 100 not including case. I
>>> can get
>>> > >low profile itx case and motherboard and celeron CPU for 110 and ddr3
>>> for
>>> > >40. I wonder if any of android sticks make good MythTV frontend
>>> > >
>>> > Cheap is all very well, but does it have graphics that mythtv can
>>> write to?
>>>
>>>   If you are going to be doing HD, you need either a respectable CPU or a
>>> respectable GPU. I am not sure the system described above includes
>>> either.
>>>
>>>
> Sorry for the top post...
>
> And the G1610 is an Ivy Bridge processor, so it may do VC-1 just fine...
> It's really hard to determine if the "Ivy Bridge" or the "Intel HD
> Graphics" line of this table is accurate:
> https://01.org/linuxgraphics/community/vaapi
>
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