[mythtv-users] Fronted advice

John Marshall mythtv at marshallparty.org
Wed Mar 25 22:50:11 UTC 2015


> Never heard of Kodi, so I'll have a look into that.

It's just the new name for XBMC.

>> Kodi users have had good success with the ~$150 Chromeboxes, though it

> I wouldn't have a google based device if they were giving them away. :-)

Well, you'd be wiping ChromeOS and using Linux, but I understand your 
sentiment.

>> Note that you'll have Intel graphics with a Chromebox.  The same goes
>> for the ECS Liva Eric mentioned.

> Thanks John. Is Intel graphics what I should be getting with for Myth?

If money/form-factor are not an issue, then NVidia is probably best. 
But the Intel solutions (depending on version) seem to work fine now, 
with perhaps slightly less-good deinterlacing and maybe some driver 
fiddling.  I'd look in the archives for more first-hand experience.


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