[mythtv-users] Cheap frontend

[Marlon Buchanan]

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>On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Michael A Weber <mweberjunk01 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 10, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
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>>> I am looking for a cheap hardware to run mythfrontend. I have a ECS
>>> Liva but there are out of stock.
>>>
>>> I want to play some 1080p videos and LiveTV.
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>>> Anyone could help me?
>>>
>>> I will really appreciate your help.
>>>
>>> Kind regards.
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>>> Josu Lazkano
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>>I picked up a Zotac ZBOX ID84 on eBay for $65 US.  It had no hard drive (and it’s not needed) and 2GB ram.  It network boots from the front-end and runs minimyth2, and works amazingly well.
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>>I cannot find any of those on eBay right now, but you might find something out of UK or elsewhere in Europe that would ship to you in Spain.
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>>Good luck!
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>>Mike
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>I second the Zotac ZBOX with Nvidia option. They can be had on eBay for cheap, and have better video decoding than the Liva or Pi. I have filled my home with them, and have yet to find a cheap (<$100USD) low power (<20W) option that outperforms them.
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>Tom
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I have a couple of ID84s and a couple ID41s. They have worked great for years. I have them in my most critical rooms for our use and when we have company. They've been completely reliable and pretty much issue free. Use them for kodi as well as mythfrontend, and other things.