[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend for christmas

[jk90090]

I just did exactly the same this week..  Couldn't have been smoother.  I 
added a Rosewill MCE remote to the mix and connected it to my Slingbox 
500 for remote viewing also (used Dell as the HDMI device in Slingbox 
setup).

-JK

On 12/18/14, 5:59 PM, digid myth wrote:
> The best deal I found is the ECS Liva, I just got done building one 
> and it seems to be working well. New Egg has/had them on sale for 
> 109.00 2 Gig ram and 32Gig storage is built in. I loaded up the latest 
> Mythbuntu and have had to make a few tweaks here and there to get it 
> to work 100%. I will publish my results when I get a few more days of 
> use on it. All you have to add to it is a remote. I am using it with 
> wired ethernet and I understand that there are issues with the wireless.
>
> The cheapest thing that I found so far. I ordered two more this 
> morning and plan to upgrade every front end in the house with them.
>
> Dale
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com 
> <mailto:josu.lazkano at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I am looking for a cheap fontend to buy to my father.
>
>     He actually has a Nvidia ION based frontend in the living room and I
>     want to add other little frontend in the bedroom.
>
>     The requirements:
>
>        - Power on/off the system from remote, preferably from a sapphire
>     remote/receiver. The TV has CEC support from HDMI.
>        - HD content, most of the media are FTA 1080i recordingd, but he
>     use to watch some 1080p MKV movies.
>        - Cheap device, I don't want to spend too much money with this
>     present. Maybe a NUC, Android, Nvidia ION device?
>
>     I will appreciate any recommendations.
>
>     Thanks for your help.
>
>     Kind regards.
>
>     --
>     Josu Lazkano
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