[mythtvnz] Apple TV 4th Gen with mythtv server

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>
wrote:

> Vote for the Nvidia Shield - currently easily the best TV front-end media
> box out.
>
> You will need to order from Amazon/Ebay as no-one seems to be importing
> them locally. But the non-hdd version can be had for $300 NZD mark.
>
> There are some reasonable Chinese variants around but Updates/Frimware and
> really knowing your SoC's is required in order to make a good choice.
>

If you want an economical kodi front end then buy an s905/s905x/s912
android box from china and put libreelec on it. I have three and they are
brilliant, and you cannot beat this price:

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/MECOOL-M8S-PRO-Plus-4K-TV-Box-381461.html

Also the Odroid C2 is a good choice.

With those chipsets you get 4k decoding.


>
>
> On 26 September 2017 at 09:32, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If a NUC is too expensive, get a chromebox, they sell on trademe for
>> around $2-300.
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Rama Madhusudhan <
>> rama.madhusudhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Jean, I do accept your point. We currently have a box myth box
>>> where backend is myth and frontend is kodi but its been nearly 10 years old
>>> and its time to update our box. We are considering resizing it to small
>>> factor and that's where the Apple TV came to our mind. We also thought of
>>> considering Intel Nuc with network tuner HD Homerun and external hard disk
>>> but the box itself costs a lot.
>>>
>>> Any idea about HD Home run connect, are they good ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rama
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 at 12:18 pm, Rama Madhusudhan <
>>>> rama.madhusudhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Jean, can you please recommend a good compatible or equivalent
>>>>> as mythbackend for Apple TV and kodi as frontend.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Rama
>>>>>
>>>> I don't know of any backend that would run on a backend, nor do I think
>>>> it would be an okay solution even if it existed.
>>>> There's no storage, no extension (adding dvb card and so on)
>>>>
>>>> I find the entire concept of attempting to install a backend in a
>>>> device such as an apple tv to be a waste of time that even if successful
>>>> would be mediocre at best.
>>>>
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