[mythtv-users] Replacing my fried FE/BE

[Karl Newman]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:51 PM, jr <jraymyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been running a FE/BE on an Intel dq67ep for the past few years.
> Very nice.  Haven't had to mess with the box since late 2014.
> Unfortunately, lightening has penetrated all my defenses and I need to
> build a new system.  Bleh.  I am content to get another of the same, but
> honestly, I would like to replace it with some palm-size NUC-like system
> that is capable of being a generic FE/BE driving a 4K TV. My tuner is a
> silicon dust HDHomeRun Dual.   Is there any low-hanging fruit that fits?
> For less than  $300?
>
> I was looking at the Liva X, but  that looks like a pure FE.
>
> Somebody did some testing using a Liva (Not the Liva X, I think, but those
seem to be problematic anyway) as a backend system and reported good
success. I seem to recall it was a similar setup using a network tuner.
However, you won't get 4K resolution out of the Liva or the Liva X. Not
sure what cheap-ish (assuming integrated graphics) options there are for 4K.

Karl
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