[mythtv-users] PS3 as FrontEnd

[ryan patterson]

On 3/18/07, Peter Watkins <peterw at tux.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 06:08:31PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>
> > Using the X11 video output, looks like the machine is just plain fast
> > enough to play it without any help from the GPU, not even XV.
> >
> > I will say that I could keep a cup of coffee hot on top of the thing
> > though :-)
>
> Apparently! According to this site:
>
> http://ps3.qj.net/The-PS3-eats-watts-some-power-usage-figures/pg/49/aid/74602
> the PS3 uses between 185 and 205 watts when displaying its dashboard or
> playing a game. That's more than my backend server.


The PS3 doesn't have a dashboard.

I'm glad most of my shows are SD, so I can watch nearly anything on either
> my beefy BE or my 3 watt MediaMVP running MVPMC as an alternative Myth FE!
>
> -Peter
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