<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Raymond Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">Gerald Schepens wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">But would it make a decent frontend? Would it run mythtv? (I can't see<br>why not.)<br> <br></blockquote>
</div>1GB RAM and 8GB flash is perfect for a frontend, but there are some problems. This is the single core Atom, so even when the multithreaded ffmpeg stuff comes through, you're stuck using VDPAU for anything HD, which means you're on trunk instead of a release version. Network is only 100mbit, which isn't a problem, but disappointing for people who may want to shift to all gigabit/jumbo. Wireless is G instead of N, so if you want to go that route, you will not likely get HD recordings to work without throughput issues.
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<div>My Atom 330 with a PCI 8400GS running 0.21 fixes with Jean-Yves's patches makes for a great frontend. It plays Blu-Ray rips (of disks I own!) through the 100mbit network connection encoded in both h.264 and VC-1 just great (playing on a 1080p projector). It's snappy navigating through menus which is what ultimately made me give up on my AppleTV running myth.</div>
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<div>It cost me about $280 to build, and if the Acer is cheaper it would be a no-brainer. Smaller (than what I built), quieter and better looking!</div></div>