On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jason McLeod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason@mcleods.me" target="_blank">jason@mcleods.me</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 2012-05-13, at 9:25 PM, jedi wrote:<br>
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> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 06:07:07PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:<br>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Paul <<a href="mailto:paul@paulhurley.co.uk">paul@paulhurley.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> I'm planning to build a new PC which will also function as a<br>
>>> mythtv frontend in my small office (wired ethernet) and replace an ageing HP<br>
>>> Evo D530 corporate PC. Cost and noise is the main factors for me. Here's<br>
>>> my current shopping list<br>
>>><br>
>>> VTX3D VX6670 2GBK3-H AMD Radeon HD 6670 Graphics Card (2GB, PCI-Express, AMD<br>
>>> App Acceleration) - £58.73<br>
>>><br>
>>> Any other comments / suggestions ?<br>
>><br>
>> As far as MythTV is concerned, most people on this list seem to prefer<br>
>> Nvidia based graphics cards, which support VDPAU video playback<br>
><br>
> In my own experience, the nvidia driver is better at dealing with HDTVs.<br>
> Some TVs give out bogus EDID data that confuses other drivers. The nvidia<br>
> drivers seem to "just work".<br>
><br>
> This is a matter of personal experience. If this is something that has<br>
> recently changed, I would be happy to hear of it.<br>
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</div></div>I just bought a Zotac Z-Box HD-41, and it is fantastic. The latest NVIDEA drivers work on it, and VDPAU does a great job decoding videos. I stream my HD antenna directly to it without any problems at all.<br>
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It was $220 CND. I used MiniMyth and did a network boot off of my backend server, no need for a HDD or anything.<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><div>With all my builds, small and quiet is my first priority. My last three "builds" were Zotac ZBoxes with NVIDIA ION graphics. I use an 8GB SD card as my boot disk. I have been buying mine used off eBay. If you are patient, you can score a deal. My last two cost me under $150 each with the SD card, memory, and remote. They also come with a VESA mount so you can mount it on the back of your TV or on the wall.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Tom</div>