<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm running a front end (not to TV) on my Mac G4 laptop (1.6Ghz)- which has a hair more power than the mini. Here, I'm using 33% of my CPU when watching a show. The show is recorded with a PVR350 at high quality (720x480?). Seeing as the mini is only a little less brainy than this machine, I think it would work just fine as a front end. I don't know anything about HDTV though. The S-video output adapter is an optional purchase for $19; it comes with DVI and VGA output. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>btw- on a remote front end, when I pause live tv, that's still using the buffer defined on the back end, right? Starting a show, I hear the hard drive buzzing away in my laptop...<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> Todd<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Does this mini-mac solution work well for a frontend?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">What model / version of the mac is this?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ricardo</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">__________________________________</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Todd Houle</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Times" size="3" color="#1a1aff" style="font: 12.0px Times; color: #1a1aff"><U>Apple Certified System Administrator</U></FONT><FONT face="Times" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>