[mythtv-users] Quiet cheap frontend for 1080p

[Craig Treleaven]

At 12:23 PM -0500 10/9/12, Douglas Wagner wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:08 PM, jedi 
><<mailto:jedi at mishnet.org>jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 07:34:48PM -0700, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>>  On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:18 PM, jedi 
>><<mailto:jedi at mishnet.org>jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>>  ....
>>  >    They went back to Intel graphics.
>>
>>  Some of them have AMD/ATI graphics.  In both cases (Intel/AMD)
>>  you would be running VAAPI rather than VDPAU.
>
>     The ones with ATI graphics are "upgrades" and they cost even more.
>
>Yea, when I was first looking at this an option the MacMini was 
>about $499 with a CPU / Memory that could handle the issue and the 
>built in graphics were "ok" enough that you could use them...not 
>great by any means but reported useable. 
>
>Now it looks like you're looking at about $700 for a system that 
>would be considered "in spec" these days.  That's too much, even for 
>the form factor you won't find anywhere else.

The rumour mill thinks that the Mini may be updated soon.  Eg:

http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/08/mac-mini-supply-drying-up-could-signal-ivy-bridge-update

Also, after that, the  now-current version will be available in the 
Refurbished section of the Apple Store at a discount.

Craig