[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend

[jedi]

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 09:07:16PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 05/13/2013 05:27 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
> >Cheap is easy... cheap and high quality a bit harder.... cheap,
> >high quality, small, and efficient is almost impossible.
> >
> >I would just pick up a used small form factor computer that has a
> >64bit Intel or AMD CPU and a PCI Express slot and get an NVidia
> >card... if your patient you could have a frontend with Advanced 2x
> >deinterlacing for under $100.
> >
> >But it may not be silent or super efficient.
> 
> But then again a drill and long(er) audio/video/remote receiver
> cables is a cheap way to make a large/ugly/loud frontend into an
> "invisible" frontend by sticking it in another room or closet or
> cabinet.

     Such an approach may be impossible or more trouble than the
extra expense of a better PC.

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