[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for HD

[Thomas Mashos]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:03 PM Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
wrote:

> On 24/06/15 19:43, John Pilkington wrote:
> > On 24/06/15 19:04, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> >> Right now I'd say the answer is "no, it's not worth it", given that
> >> Newegg currently has the 32G/2G ECS Liva on sale for $79.99.
> >>
> >> Calvin Dodge
> >
> > I've no experience of using Newegg in the UK, but choosing that as a
> location
> > shows:
> >
> > --------
> > UNAVAILABLE FOR UK
> > Shipping Limitations
> > We are unable to ship this product because:
> >
> >      This product may require a specialty license for export
> >      This product may be classified as a dangerous good
> >      This product may be oversized and/or overweight
> >      This product may exceed monetary limitations imposed by the
> selected carrier
> >      This product may not be allowed in your country
> > ----
> >      This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be
> restocked.
> >
> > Maplin seem to accept these risks at GBP 129,99
> >
> ...as against ~£35 for an Rpi2. Price differential is much greater than in
> the US.
>
> We have to face the fact that more of these very low power units are
> becoming
> available and they have abilities undreamt of when mythtv was first
> conceived.
>
> Although it would be easy to say "we won't develop against a host of
> low-cost
> devices that might not be around long" I think that's not going to be the
> case
> with the Rpi project. Some kind of assessment might be in order.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
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There have been assessments, I believe the current status is

RPI1 - Won't happen without a large rewrite of mythfrontend (due to the way
the video decoder works mythfrontend in it's current state could not have
an on-screen display while displaying video)
RPI2 - Might not happen without a large rewrite of mythfrontend (for the
same reason as above as it uses a similar video decoder), however someone
on this list was already working on it (although I haven't seen anything
from them in awhile)
-- 
Thomas Mashos
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