[mythtv-users] nvidia ion for a front end?

[Kirk Bocek]

On 4/14/2010 9:46 AM, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 April 2010 10:26:01 am David Durham wrote:
>> This looks like a cool little device that might be suitable for a frontend:
>>
>>   http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204754
>>
>> $179 for a barebone nvidia Ion net top sounds like a good price, but
>> how well does mythtv play with ion?  I think the crux of the issue is
>> probably whether or not vdpau would work.  Anyone have any knowledge
>> of this?
> 
> The Revo 1600 with the ION works fine. It won't do the more advanced de-
> interlacers, if that's important to you.
> 
> You do need to add RAM to the base unit to get enough to allocate sufficient 
> video RAM for VDPAU. That adds about $30 to the $199 price.

My Revo 1600 came with 1GB and does VDPAU just fine. I am, however, running it
at near 720p resolution -- 1360x768.