[mythtv-users] Frontend Hardware

[Anthony Giggins]

On 13 May 2015 at 01:41, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:34 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 03:33:36PM +1000, Anthony Giggins wrote:
>> > Can I please get some input on the following devices?
>> >
>> > a used ZOTAC ZBOX DVD ID31 roughly AU$219 + AU$21.55 delivery
>> > with 4GB RAM & 320GB HDD, Nvidia ION
>> >
>> > or
>> > Intel Compute Stick with Linux AU$159 + AU$10 delivery
>> > with 1GB RAM and 8GB eMMC, Intel HD Graphics
>>
>>    Beyond anything else, I am partial a nice solid GigE NIC and a
>> wired network to match. I wouldn't even get something like a Roku
>> unless it had wired ethernet built in.
>>
>
> I'm not sure what their availability is like in Australia, but a number of
> us have had very good luck with the cheap ECS Liva (2 GB RAM, 32 GB eMMC,
> WiFi, GigE, VGA, HDMI). Newegg has been having them on sale around $100
> USD. It's Intel-based, so no VDPAU, but VAAPI seems to work well.
>
> Karl
>
>
I Cant find a ECS Liva re-seller in Australia, only other option would be
to buy from newegg and ship to a package forwarding service but this will
add an additional cost to the device.

Good point on the Gig-E jedi, I missed that on the Intel Compute Stick

Cheers,

Anthony
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