<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Raymond Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Ken Bass wrote:<br>
> I went with the single core version to lower the power usage/heat<br>
> especially since it will be a frontend only.<br>
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</div>The power consumption of the Atom chip is dwarfed by that of the<br>
chipset, and at times can even use less power than the memory sticks.<br>
You're not gaining much by saving those extra few watts.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I've never done the split frontend/backend thing before, so I'm not<br>
> sure what to expect. Hopefully there will be no issues streaming HD<br>
> files over the network. Since I purchased a HD-PVR to record the HD<br>
> stuff and x264 files are smaller then MPEG2, I would expect less of an<br>
> issue.<br>
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</div>ATSC is limited to 19mbps, and the largest DVB recordings are in the mid<br>
20s. These will be fairly trivial for any 10/100 network, much less<br>
gigabit. However streaming over any form of wireless will not be<br>
particularly reliable.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>We use Acer Revo's as FE's connected over 802.11g to an MBE and we have found in our experience that streaming live TV or recordings of SD & HD (BBC HD off the UK Freesat service) is pretty reliable. Where we get drop off's or dead spots in coverage we just add another Wifi AP to extend the coverage.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Andrew</div></div><br>-- <br>Head of Software & Technology<br>Convergent Home Technologies Ltd<br><a href="http://www.dianemo.co.uk">www.dianemo.co.uk</a><br><a href="http://www.cascade-media.co.uk">www.cascade-media.co.uk</a><br>
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