[mythtv-users] High end, state of the art Myth Frontend

[mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk]

Quoting Andre Newman <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk>:

> So I need to replace it and in an antidote to the myriad cheapest,  
> smallest, slowest, can I run it on a calculator threads… I'd like to  
> investigate what is the very best option for a state of the art high  
> end mythfrontend. There is some stuff on the wiki about  
> de-interlacing quality but it doesn't feel very up to date, I follow  
> the mailing list quite well and I don't recall any quality  
> discussion beyond, does it stutter.
>
> I've compared a few uPnP media player devices and I don't find the  
> same video quality as VDPAU with Advanced 2x de-interlacing.

Well, just to annoy you I thought I'd report that I run Advanced 2x on  
a "Zotac D2550-ITX-B Wi-Fi Supreme" frontend. £24 total including 2x  
2GB memory from mini-itx.com. It's mounted sideways on the back of my  
LCD TV in an M350 box from mini-box.com and I've removed the fan so  
it's now quieter than then the inverter in the TV.

It's a dual core Atom CPU so is slow for anything that is not handled  
by vdpau. I don't know if will do interlaced output but Advanced 2x is  
better then the TV (Sony Bravia, 3 years old) for the same material  
(DVB-T2 H.264).

Cheers,
Tim.