[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for HD

[Larry Kennedy]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Tom Harris <thom.j.harris at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 2:09 AM, paul <thannet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  All very interesting. Perhaps if there was enough willing to support
>>> the Pi with some cash, then you never now there may be someone to take on
>>> the challenge.
>>>
>>> I have tried Kodi, worked quite well, but the interface was too much of
>>> a culture change for all of us in the house. At vote was taken, and we all
>>> prefer the simple familiar Mythfrontend.
>>>
>>
>> I just forced it. You get used to it.
>>
>
> I also tried Kodi, and while there is a learning curve in getting used to
> the new UI, it's not a showstopper.
>
> The blocker for me was the slow 'skip ahead' responsiveness.   Myth
> Frontend is amazingly fast, Kodi on Openelec/Pi2 was slow.
>
> I would definitely be willing to pitch in some cash if it would help move
> a MythTV frontend along.
>

Given that an ECS Liva can run a MythTV frontend very well, I have to
wonder if the trade-offs in user satisfaction and the effort required to
make MythTV work on a device that costs about half as much is worth it?


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