[mythtv-users] MythTV Frontend

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Sat Mar 2 18:38:39 UTC 2013


On 02/03/13 17:59, Andrew wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:57 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 03:16:38PM +1100, Michael Watson wrote:
>>> On 1/03/2013 8:01 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>>> On Friday, 1 March 2013, Joseph Fry wrote:
>>>>     Any Pentium 4 2.8GHz or better should have no trouble playing US
>>>>     Broadcast HD streams using CPU alone.  And if you want you can
>>>>     always make it even better with a cheap NVIDIA card (say a used
>>>>     GT520) and still put a single system together for under $100.
>>>>
>>>> I'd love to know where you could find a P4 these days, and one
>>>> that will take a PCIe nvidia graphic card...
>>> Plenty of them around.  Some people want a bit much for them though.
>>      You can get the equivalent low profile ION machines in cube PC form
>> from small web vendors for about $250. Such machines a a little on the
>> big side but they will accomodate any video card you like and can also
>> handle full size storage devices (HDD,DVD/BD).
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-Slim-Desktop-ThinkCentre-9210-P4-3GHz-1GB-80GB-DVD-XP-2-Serial-Ports-Network-/370565037607?pt=AU_comp_dekstop&hash=item564765be27
>>>
>
> Does the Zotac ID11 play 1080HD over wireless well? Or does that require a
> cable connection?
>
> It's a nice form factor but it looks like they have a zillion models with
> no product matrix to compare.  Is there something a little better than ID11
> one should consider from their product line?
>
*Any* connection over WiFi is going to pot luck for any user depending on their 
particular location and setup. I'm almost certain that there will be very few 
people who can get stable, reliable HD over WiFi.

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Mike Perkins



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