[mythtv-users] Fronted advice

[Damian]

On 25/03/2015 22:50, John Marshall wrote:
>> 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.
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>>> Note that you'll have Intel graphics with a Chromebox.  The same goes
>>> for the ECS Liva Eric mentioned.
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>> 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.
Thanks John,

I'm getting very tempted by the Liva. Any other first hand experiences 
of running it as a frontend before I take the plunge? :-)

And if I get one, should I stick to xfce and MythBuntu, or has it got 
enough power to run Ubuntu (with MythBuntu ontop) well?

Thanks,
Damian