[mythtv-users] MythTV vs XBMC

[jedi]

On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 10:03:04AM -0600, Jim Oltman wrote:
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:
> 
> > Wow, I remember when MythTV was considered a high-end, luxury DVR system.
> >  I guess now, you all want cheap (and, no, I don't mean "inexpensive").
> >
> > Personally, I'd rather spend my time working on a system that's more than
> > the minimal functionality required to call itself a DVR.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> 
> I think the point people are trying to get across is that XBMC runs on a
> variety of different hardware, from the low powered RPi (that, admittedly,
> does have some limitations, but it's a great entry device), to an Android
> device, all the way up to a high end HTPC that can double as a game machine
> (via SteamOS, or emulators, or whatever).  MythFE can't say that.  It

    Considering that one end of that spectrum consists strictly of KITS, I am
not sure that's such a noteworthy distinction. On the other hand, it doesn't
take a lot of PC to run Myth. A ready to use ION1 is not that much more 
expensive.

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