[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for HD

[Kirk Bocek]

On 6/28/2015 12:30 PM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
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> 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.
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You made me pull out my kill-a-watt and remeasure my several year old 
Asus AT5IONT-I Ion board with an Atom CPU. 30 watts sitting at the 
Mythfrontend menu, 39 watts doing HD content, about 35 doing SD.