[mythtv-users] Epia as Myth platform?

[Mark Howells]

I've been following MythTV for a while now and will soon be building a system for use at home in two rooms.
 
Ultimately, I'd like a system that has two frontends and a single fat backend.  The F/Ends will have to be small, pretty and _very_ quiet (WAF).  I really like the mini-itx format boards but to get the best silence (!?!) from them it seems to make sense to have a diskless frontend system, booting off the backend and streaming video feeds.  So my questions really are about the suitability of the EpiaM platform in this mode.
 
1. Does the CLE266 provide good playback (either using the VIA binaries or Ivor's source code drivers).
2. Does live TV streaming really work well enough to rely on (so as to have a room 'TV' that does not have a conventional TV tuner). I have a 100 Mbs wired network or would it be better to put a tuner in each frontend (making it a combined frontend/backend) and choosing something like a Pundit or even a quiet ATX mobo
 
Any observations / experiences would be appreciated.
 
TIA
 
Mark

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