[mythtv-users] Chromebox as frontend?

[Rob Jensen]

Can someone help me determine if a Celeron Chromebox has enough umph to
perform as a basic frontend?  I've searched the archives and the rest of
Google, but have been unable to find much information specific to the
hardware (1.9 GHz Celeron B840, Intel HD Graphics 3000.)  The device comes
with 4GB of memory and a 16GB SSD drive, which seems ideal for a frontend
as long as the CPU/GPU can keep up.  This would replace an appletv running
XBMC and I'm trying to determine between a chromebox and an ION-based zotac
(probably ID11.)  The most demanding work I would be lining up for the
frontend would consist of 1080i OTA broadcasts captured with an HDHR and
possibly bluray rips if I eventually buy a bluray drive for my backend.


Thank you much,
Rob
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