[mythtv-users] recommendations?: energy efficient FE/BE system

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi James,

Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7:18:34 PM, you wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Hika van den Hoven wrote:

>> Thursday, February 19, 2015, 6:13:12 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> Doing further research on my upgrade plans, I ran across a pretty good
>>> article here:
>>> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-leaner-greener-meaner-htpc-amds-new-am1-platform/.
>>> Seems to me I could, using as a basis the Deluxe Linux mini-ITX HTPC
>>> system he's described there, build up the sort of system I'm aiming for
>>
>> Nice for a frontend, but not a backend and certainly not a
>> combination. If you want a dvd/BR you'll have only one disk!

> Thanks for your response, Hika. As to the DVD/BR, I've devoted some 
> thought to that and have been planning to do without. I currently have a
> DVD drive in my Myth box and, truth be told, I almost never use it; I can
> think of maybe 4 times over the course of the years I've been using Myth
> that I've wanted to view a DVD, so having that capability is really not at
> all essential to me. As for BR, given what I've said about my indifference
> to HD video, that is an even more remote consideration. Some light viewing
> of broadcast television seems to meet my media-consumption needs pretty
> well.

> Do you have other reasons why you think the system described (or something
> close to it) would be unsuitable as a FE/BE?

> James
> _______________________________________________

In general the limited possibilities for expansion, which as said is
no problem for a frontend, but is for a backend. You're forced to
think in terms of network tuner, NAS etc. In that respect your earlier
find was nice for having two nic's, so you can dedicate one for the
tuners.


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