[mythtv-users] Recommendations needed for new FE box

[John P Poet]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:19 AM Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

> .
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>> The only one I'd recommend at this point is the Nvidia Shield.
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>
> Best Buy has this one for sale - is this powerful enough to be a good FE,
> that can support myth installation, HEVC, HD playback?
>
>
> https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-shield-tv-16-gb-streaming-media-player-black/6100500.p?ref=8575135&loc=205c0f24a24111e8819ca66a415f3ee70INT&acampID=205c0f24a24111e8819ca66a415f3ee70INT&skuId=6100500
>

If you are willing to run the "master" version of Myth, and side-load the
mythfrontend apk onto it, then yes.  It works surprisingly well for 720i/p,
1080i/p.  ATSC captions and 4K are not there yet, but should work
eventually.

John
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