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

[Dan Wilga]

On 11/9/10 2:13 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 11/9/2010 01:32, Johan 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.
>
> The ION2 does not have a significantly more powerful CPU or GPU than 
> the original ION units.  All the same limitations still apply. 

But it does have on-chip decoding of MPEG4, which can be a big plus if 
that's how you have transcoded all your existing content.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."