[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for HD

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Calvin Dodge <caldodge at gmail.com> 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.
>
> Thanks for that hot tip.  For $80 I couldn't resist buying one to try out.

After some fiddling, I got it to PXE-boot Ubuntu 14.04 like the other
ION-based frontends.  Strangely, it works for about 3-4 minutes after
downloading the initrd.img file before it gets into the actual boot
process.  But once it's running mythfrontend, it's just as responsive as
the ION frontends.

The frontend idles at 5 watts, and plays HD-PVR h.264 recordings with
deinterlacing at 9-10 watts.  Compare to the ION which idles at 19 watts
and uses about 26 watts during similar playback.

Jim
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