[mythtv-users] fanless Epia, Mediamvp or network dvd player for frontend?

[Tom Lichti]

Andrew Wilson wrote:

>MediaMVP - front runner for me. Cheapest, smallest, already working
>with myth, active community, but no Scart or Divx, reports of aspect
>ratio problems.
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Just started playing with mine, and it watches recorded programs well, 
so far. Live TV is, well, almost non-existent, and you can't watch DVD's 
or other media. Didn't notice any aspect ratio problems.

>Xbox - From previous discussions, it is probably the best for many
>folks - myth compatible s/w, big hacker community, best looking app.
>Oh and it also plays games :-)
>But not for me - has a fan, is quite big, too expensive.
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The fan is barely noticeable, it's smaller than all of my other media 
devices, and it runs a full Myth client. You should be able to get used 
ones very cheap soon, with the new Xbox 360 coming out in a few weeks. 
You could probably quite easily re-package this in another box, but I 
haven't looked into that.

My .02

Tom