<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@blandford.net" target="_blank">mythtv@blandford.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="h5">On 05/16/2014 03:29 PM, Lindsay Mathieson wrote:<br>
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I did a quick search and it appears there has been no discussion on this, so<br>
thought I'd put it out there.<br>
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<a href="http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboard-max/" target="_blank">http://www.minnowboard.org/<u></u>meet-minnowboard-max/</a><br>
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$99 MSRP: E3815 (single-core, 1.46 GHz)<br>
- 1 GB RAM<br>
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$129 MSRP: E3825 (dual-core, 1.33 GHz)<br>
- 2 GB RAM<br>
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- Integrated Intel® HD Graphics<br>
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- Board Dimensions - 99 x 74mm (2.9 x 3.9in)<br>
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- GB Ethernet<br>
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- USB 3.0<br>
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More expensive than a Raspberry PI, but should be able to easily run MythTV<br>
frontend with HD video?<br>
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Perfect for mounting on the back of a TV. 5V, so I guess it can't be powered<br>
off USB.<br>
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I recently received a few of the dual core/2GB Minnowboard Max's.<br>
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I worked with Warpme from the Minimyth2 project to add EFI support to his mythtv bootable image.<br>
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I have only played with the board under mythtv for a few hours but I will give a short report out:<br>
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1) Plays 1080p/1080i video smoothly using 'VAAPI Normal' profile with only 10% cpu load<br>
2) HD audio is working with my receiver<br>
3) Adding my MCE USB receiver and it is working<br>
4) Netbooting with PXE using iPXE w/EFI support is working well<br>
5) Suspend is working<br>
6) Wake up from USB is working BUT the machine hangs before anything is visible on the screen. Still need to debug<br>
7) Overall frontend performance in the menus is a little slow. I think it is comparable to my ion2 systems. Occasional lag in the menus. Loading the coverart in a large directory takes a few seconds versus less than 1 second on my main frontend.<br>
8) I am using a 5v, 2amp wall wart. Playing back 1080p video is using 5 Watts of power.<br>
9) It has a small heatsink, but it barely gets warm to the touch.<br>
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Overall, I am really impressed with this little board. Now we just need to get some good cases on the market for it.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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Michael</font></span><div class=""><div class="h5">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">If the MinnowBoard
has the same footprint as a Rpi. (I think it is.) Then theirs a crowd
funded Rpi case called the Plusberry Pi
(<a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/plusberry-pi-cool-media-box-running-on-raspberry-pi">www.indiegogo.com/projects/plusberry-pi-cool-media-box-running-on-raspberry-pi</a>)
that looks nice. And theirs 6 days left to fund it with only 6k$ left
to go.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">I'm in it for two :)</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">Kris.</p></div></div>