[mythtv-users] Small combined FE/BE hardware advice for Australia

[Damian]

On 20/04/2015 16:59, Robin Marlow wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've had a lovely large FE/BE box of some form living under my TV for 
> nearly 11 years now.  The kids don't know TV any other way.  We are 
> moving to Australia for a year and I'm keen to provide a beacon of 
> normality and have a mythbox there. There will only be one tv so a 
> combined unit is ideal.  A single 4Gb drive could easily hold all our 
> current films+photos+music etc
>
> Probably I should wait until I get there and just pick up a second 
> hand beige or low grade dell box and a cheap nvidia card...but if 
> there were a suitable tiny unit then it would be nice to get it set up 
> and working before we go.
>
> Bearing in mind i don't transcode or remove adverts and I'd just be 
> shuffling bits from a USB dvb-T tuner to a HD how much grunt would a 
> box really need?  Or is it the playback that is more likely to be an 
> issue?  I've been tempted to get one of the atom HDMI sticks people 
> have been talking about to play with - the main issue for the small 
> units is having enough connectivity to plug tuners + storage in.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robin
I'm very happy with my LIVA box, but it's only running as a frontend. I 
don't know if it could cope with being a backend as well, but I'd guess 
that someone on here will have tried it!

Cheers,
Damian