[mythtv-users] Which "smart" TVs work with the mythtv UPNP server?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Fred Watt <fredwattmythtv at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 31/12/12 08:09, tortise wrote:
>
>> On 31/12/2012 7:16 p.m., Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 31, 2012 11:29 AM, "tortise" <tortise at paradise.net.nz
>>> <mailto:tortise at paradise.net.**nz <tortise at paradise.net.nz>>> wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > My Samsung UA40C6200 plays DLNA in the limited way that DLNA does
>>> without any clip navigation other than pause.  0.23 H.264 DVB-T
>>> recordings.
>>>
>>> Have you tried the app referred to in this thread?
>>>
>>>
>> I don't think my Samsung's are compatible Nick, they seem to be just
>> below compatible specs. For example:
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/**apps/details?id=com.samsung.**
>> remoteTV&hl=en<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.remoteTV&hl=en>= mines a 2010 C series without internet at TV(At the time I saw no merit in paying extra ($6-800 as I recall) for that
>> given fully functioning frontends...(!)) (Also http://www.samsung.com/nz/
>> **support/model/UA46C6200UMXRD-**techspecs<http://www.samsung.com/nz/support/model/UA46C6200UMXRD-techspecs>confirm no internet at TV)
>>  I continue to wonder what hardware the Internet at TV models had, if any...
>>
>> http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.**php5/SamyGO_for_DUMMIES<http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/SamyGO_for_DUMMIES>- model not listed...
>>
>> wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/**Compatibility_Table_for_C_**series_TVs<http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/Compatibility_Table_for_C_series_TVs>= 6200 not listed...
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/p/**smartmythtv/wiki/Home/<http://sourceforge.net/p/smartmythtv/wiki/Home/>its also not mentioned. Also still on 0.23, 0.25 is said to be required...
>>
>> However my 4xC6200 TV's do have an Ethernet interface. I've wondered what
>> I'd find if I took the back off that might interface.... like a serial port
>> on the motherboard etc.
>>
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> This is a very interesting thread, I don't have a smart tv - I am not sure
> if mythtv would run on a cotton candy http://www.fxitech.com/ under
> ubuntu, but has got me thinking. Would be rather wonderful if the candy
> could run 720p/1080p output from mythfrontend.   Would allow us to use
> existing TVs which have hdmi ports.
>
> Anybody know if this is possible - Just a frontend setup.
>
>
>


Running a native mythfrontend will depend on whether the video acceleration
on the cotton candy is compatible with myth's code base - my bet is it
doesn't.

It may well run one of the various  android 3rd party myth frontends, or
xbmc.

Interesting little device.
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