[mythtv-users] Lowest power HD frontend?

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> wrote:
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> Intel NUC?
>
> "The 65W power adapter will pull around 10W for the full system at
> idle and peak power consumption for the NUC tops out at 19.3W when
> running our x264 HD test."

The tests used Windows, which may utilize the GPU differently
than open source applications using VAAPI.  But it is a proof
by example that low power use does not always have to mean
ARM or Atom.

In any event, next weeks Haswell release promises even lower
power NUCs at some point (One of Haswell's claims to fame is
very low power utilization (esp.) for mobile chips, another is a
GPU that should be able to do de-interlacing in FLOSS at some
point).  Not clear (to me) exactly what ships when, though.  This
is the standard dilemma of course, you always want what is in the
next generation....

Gary