[mythtvnz] Nvidia Ion

[Wade Maxfield]

On 13/1/09 5:36 PM, Hadley Rich wrote:
> Here's a link that may be of interest to those looking for quiet low power
> frontends;
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/nvidia-ion-platform-gets-demonstrated-at-
> ces/
>
> hads

I've had a play with the Atom 330 Intel board last week (BOXD945GCLF2). 
Just using a stock standard install of MythDora 5/MythTV 0.21, playing 
back recordings from my PVR-350 and DVB-S card, had it using ≈ 30-36% 
CPU according to top.  That was outputting to a 1280x1024 monitor with 
no deinterlacers, and according to a power monitor, it was hovering 
around 33-40W.

I didn't have a good chance to play round with different playback 
profiles, but even without the VDPAU code, these machines make fine SD 
frontends.  Add in Nvidia's version with their GPU and these machines 
will be worth checking out.

  - Wade