I'm considering building a Myth machine for my parents and am wondering if an ION-based system will have sufficient horsepower to act as a combined BE/FE machine. It will need to handle recording and playback of both HD and SD content from Direct TV as well as commercial flagging, but transcoding will most likely never be used. I also expect that there will be very little, if any, use of any of the plugins (MythMusic, MythVideo, etc).<br>
<br>This system will, at least for now, be effectively a standalone DVR for them. I'm not sure yet how exactly I'll be getting the content into Myth (maybe HD-PVR? maybe just analog capture from RF out of STB (yes, I know that's not truely HD, but it's pretty good and they won't know the difference))<br>
<br>I am aware of all of the arguments against providing Myth machines for those who are not able to administer the machines themselves as well as the issues associated with trying to get content into a myth system from STB's. Please no comments on that stuff. I'm just trying to find out if I can reasonably use one of the newer ION boards for this and if it will have sufficient horsepower to meet their needs assuming I can overcome the other issues.<br>