On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Daniel Frey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmfrey@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmfrey@gmail.com</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"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Josu Lazkano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josu.lazkano@gmail.com" target="_blank">josu.lazkano@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hello, I just change my system and now I have a backend on a different<br>
server, so I need a light frontend machine.<br>
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My idea is to install 8GB SSD drive on a Nvidia ION board, and suspend<br>
when I switch off the TV.<br>
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Is this a good idea?<br>
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I will appreciate your comments and your experience on light frontends.<br>
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Thanks and best regards.<br>
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Josu Lazkano<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>Josu,<div><br></div><div>I have a FE on an Nvidia ION platform. It works great. Does your tv support CEC? If so, you could possibly can get a CEC adapter for that box and then, when the CEC adapter receives those signals, have it kick off a suspend and resume, or shutdown, startup. I haven't tried it myself, but I believe, in theory, this should be possible.</div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><div>I currently have 5 Nvidia ION frontends. All playing HD and Blu-rays very well. I use 8GB thumb drives or SD cards in all of them. No problems at all. I am not sure if bootup would be quicker with an SSD, but the expense was not justified for me. I have long wanted to try standby mode, but never got around to it. My latest frontends have been Zotac ZBox ID11 snagged on eBay for $125 each with $10 for an 8GB SD card.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Tom</div>