<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:03 PM Mike Perkins <<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 24/06/15 19:43, John Pilkington wrote:<br>
> On 24/06/15 19:04, Calvin Dodge wrote:<br>
>> Right now I'd say the answer is "no, it's not worth it", given that<br>
>> Newegg currently has the 32G/2G ECS Liva on sale for $79.99.<br>
>><br>
>> Calvin Dodge<br>
><br>
> I've no experience of using Newegg in the UK, but choosing that as a location<br>
> shows:<br>
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> UNAVAILABLE FOR UK<br>
> Shipping Limitations<br>
> We are unable to ship this product because:<br>
><br>
> This product may require a specialty license for export<br>
> This product may be classified as a dangerous good<br>
> This product may be oversized and/or overweight<br>
> This product may exceed monetary limitations imposed by the selected carrier<br>
> This product may not be allowed in your country<br>
> ----<br>
> This item is currently out of stock and it may or may not be restocked.<br>
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> Maplin seem to accept these risks at GBP 129,99<br>
><br>
...as against ~£35 for an Rpi2. Price differential is much greater than in the US.<br>
<br>
We have to face the fact that more of these very low power units are becoming<br>
available and they have abilities undreamt of when mythtv was first conceived.<br>
<br>
Although it would be easy to say "we won't develop against a host of low-cost<br>
devices that might not be around long" I think that's not going to be the case<br>
with the Rpi project. Some kind of assessment might be in order.<br>
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--<br>
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Mike Perkins<br>
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MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There have been assessments, I believe the current status is</div><div><br></div><div>RPI1 - Won't happen without a large rewrite of mythfrontend (due to the way the video decoder works mythfrontend in it's current state could not have an on-screen display while displaying video)</div><div>RPI2 - Might not happen without a large rewrite of mythfrontend (for the same reason as above as it uses a similar video decoder), however someone on this list was already working on it (although I haven't seen anything from them in awhile)</div></div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Thomas Mashos</div>