[mythtvnz] Front-end hardware

[Steven Ellis]

On 3/05/2009, at 9:44 PM, Wade Maxfield wrote:

> On 2/5/09 1:06 PM, Russ McMullan wrote:
>
>>
>>    - I'm thinking of using the AppleTV but it is a bit steep at  
>> $500, but
>>    supports HD, has a remote, HDMI, wireless.
>
> Is this going to run MythTV under OS X, or are you going to reboot  
> into
> Linux when you want to use MythTV (or just leave permanently booted in
> Linux)?
>
> It's just that you can't change aspect ratio at all under OS X with  
> 0.21
> or earlier.  I don't know about 0.22.
>
> Also you might want to up your budget to include a universal remote as
> the Apple Remote has only 6 buttons (12 functions if you include long
> presses - which are a pain to actually use)
>

The thing is have you used the apple remote with FrontRow? Its amazing  
how well something can work with less buttons.

Shame the MythTV frontend isn't as easy t use as FrontRow.

Steve


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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