[mythtv-users] Is the Acer Revo still the best frontend?

Paul Kendall pkendall64 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 07:07:48 UTC 2010


On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Johan <johan.vanderkolk at dommel.be> wrote:
> Op 09-11-10 05:54, Kevin Ross schreef:
>>
>> On 11/8/2010 8:25 PM, Charles Wright wrote:
>>>
>>> If there were another system in a similar form factor that I can hide
>>> behind my television (the Revo is just zip tied to the TV bracket),
>>> but with enough CPU to do Flash and have the appropriate
>>> virtualization extensions; I would personally consider replacing my
>>> Revo.
>>
>> Any mini-ITX form factor motherboard with onboard nVidia graphics, with a
>> real CPU instead of an Atom would do the trick, such as the Zotac
>> GF9300-I-E.  Put it in an m350 case from mini-box.com, plus a PicoPSU, and
>> strap it to the back of your TV. :)
>
> Was also looking at a new front-end, but I'm not really certain if this box
> has the ION2 chipset. All it states is Next Gen ION. Is that the ION2? As
> barebone, without disk and memory it's 240 Euro.
>
> http://www.shuttle.eu/fileadmin/resources/download/docs/spec/barebones/XS35GT_e.pdf

It states "Next-Generation NVIDIA ION graphics card (ION2)"!

Cheers,
Paul


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