[mythtv-users] Popcorn Hour Unit as VIdeo Output?

[jedi]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:46:21PM +0100, belcampo wrote:
> jedi wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:30:15PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> >> jedi wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:32:49PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> > [deletia]
[deletia]
> >     I could see a quad mini or a cheaper quad dell studio hybrid making
> > the popcorn hour a lot less appealing. Then there's all the h264 
> > acceleration and other interesting GPU stuff that's supposed to be on
> > the horizon.
> > 
> >     The first general purpose machine in Linux that can do full hw accel
> > of h264 will be a very popular machine (at least around here anyways).
> YeaH if and when.
> The PopCornHour is here now, it's cheap, it's dead silent, and uses 
> about 10Watts

    ...and doesn't quite meet requirements.

    It's very much like the previous generation in network video players
in this regard. It seems like SageTV and it's HD extender are far more
promising if you're the sort that records TV shows.