<div dir="ltr">On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com" target="_blank">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 05/13/2013 05:27 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:<br>
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Cheap is easy... cheap and high quality a bit harder.... cheap, high quality, small, and efficient is almost impossible.<br>
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I would just pick up a used small form factor computer that has a 64bit Intel or AMD CPU and a PCI Express slot and get an NVidia card... if your patient you could have a frontend with Advanced 2x deinterlacing for under $100.<br>
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But it may not be silent or super efficient.<br>
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But then again a drill and long(er) audio/video/remote receiver cables is a cheap way to make a large/ugly/loud frontend into an "invisible" frontend by sticking it in another room or closet or cabinet.<br>
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Mike<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>If you have the option to do this, I highly recommend it. My main living room frontend is actually in the drop ceiling in my basement (or the floor of the living room, depending on your perspective) and I don't hear a thing... :)</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Tom</div><div style> </div></div></div></div>