[mythtv-users] Nvidia ION frontend

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hello, I just change my system and now I have a backend on a different
>> server, so I need a light frontend machine.
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>> My idea is to install 8GB SSD drive on a Nvidia ION board, and suspend
>> when I switch off the TV.
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>> Is this a good idea?
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>> I will appreciate your comments and your experience on light frontends.
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>> Thanks and best regards.
>>
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>> Josu Lazkano
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> Josu,
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> I have a FE on an Nvidia ION platform.  It works great.  Does your tv
> support CEC?  If so, you could possibly can get a CEC adapter for that box
> and then, when the CEC adapter receives those signals, have it kick off a
> suspend and resume, or shutdown, startup.  I haven't tried it myself, but I
> believe, in theory, this should be possible.
>
> Dan
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I currently have 5 Nvidia ION frontends.  All playing HD and Blu-rays very
well.  I use 8GB thumb drives or SD cards in all of them.  No problems at
all.  I am not sure if bootup would be quicker with an SSD, but the expense
was not justified for me.  I have long wanted to try standby mode, but
never got around to it.  My latest frontends have been Zotac ZBox ID11
snagged on eBay for $125 each with $10 for an 8GB SD card.

-Tom
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