[mythtv-users] recommendations for small frontend

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Jun 12 19:42:29 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 02:37:18PM -0500, Zarthan South wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm adding a TV to my exercise room and need to build a new frontend -
> > which is something I haven't done for a while, and I haven't seen any
> > build recommendations on the list for a while.
> >
> > My last two frontends were built with Zotac ION motherboards in M350
> > cases.  Other than flash playback, these have worked out great using
> > VDPAU.
> >
> > I'm looking for a recommendation for a build - all the usual
> > characteristics - quiet, quick and cheap.
> >
> 
> Just to help me understand. Why isn't one of the many many dozens of small
> internet TV devices a more appropriate frontend for some secondary TVs. I

   Those cheap boxes don't have the ability to play much stuff on their
own and they need a powerful backend PC to make up the difference.

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