[mythtv-users] Intet NUC as frontend?

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 11/6/13 9:16 PM, Daniel Frey wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Stephen P. Villano
> <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com <mailto:stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 11/6/13 8:26 PM, Daniel Frey wrote:
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>>     On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Mike's JdJ
>>     <stepsisters at comcast.net <mailto:stepsisters at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>>         On 11/06/2013 09:16 AM, Michelle Dupuis wrote:
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>>         I am using an Intel DC3217IYR NUC as a Front End and I like
>>         to watch at Time Stretch of up to 2X.  No problem (Mythbuntu
>>         32 bit with 4 gigabytes RAM).
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>>         Note that only one HDMI port carries audio and the video is
>>         very fussy (DRM?) about what it will deliver to.  It refuses
>>         to talk to my Olevia TVs.  My LG TV (LM 6700) has to be On
>>         and the HDMI port selected before I boot the Intel DC3217IYR,
>>         otherwise it hangs.
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>>         I was going to buy three of the NUCs, but only using one
>>         because of these problems.
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>>     Have you checked out the GigaByte Brix?
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>>     http://www.gigabyte.us/products/list.aspx?s=47&ck=104
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>>     This is what I am considering for other frontends.
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>     Boy, does that manufacturer's site stink.
>     As does many others.  :/
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>     List models, copy and paste generalities and zero specifics.
>     Chase a potential customer away, due to product advertisement by
>     labyrinthine methods.
>     One ponders learning how said site managers hired their
>     webmaster/PR type. Just to avoid hiring such incompetents.
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>     Sorry, venting frustration. Looked like a nice unit, but the page
>     stinks, as so many other vendor sites stink for product specifics
>     and differences between multiple models of the product line.
>     There are times I honestly think that these companies say, "No! We
>     do not WANT money! We want (the method or other effort) to suck,
>     to chase away those pesky customers!
>     The rest of the time, I think, "Hire the incompetent, they work
>     cheaper".   :/
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> I know, not the greatest site.  But the units look decent, especially
> the new haswell models.
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> I would have just posted the amazon link for the search results, but I
> have been chastised for posting that kind of stuff on here before :)
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Well, please! Save me the homework!
Dealing with my 83 year old father's dementia cuts down on available
hours for homework.  :/
What unit would be best performing with MythTV, with a 5.1 surround
(optical coupled to receiver) and HDMI output?

If anyone has suggestions for flat video to flat stereo, I'm all ears
too, if it's cheap. My father has a rather short list of titles he loves
to watch. It'd be nice to set up something for him where we don't have
to jump to change a disk.
Or simply click for a new title when he gets bored...
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