<div dir="ltr"><div>For a front end only a raspberrypi is good, can use the tv remote and uses very little power, If you want to stream content (netflix tvnz ondemand etc) then an intel NUC box is good<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 January 2015 at 20:09, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <<a href="mailto:steve@greengecko.co.nz">steve@greengecko.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 17:07 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:<br>
>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <<a href="mailto:steve@greengecko.co.nz">steve@greengecko.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Hi folks, and happy new year!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I've been trying out a cubietruck to display local content, but it's<br>
>> > just not grunty enough ( unless you know better! ) for much HD, which is<br>
>> > a shame as it looked like just what I wanted.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Any suggestions for a better solution? I'm looking at possibly a<br>
>> > Gigabyte BRIX, but not sure what extra I'd need to buy, and whether it<br>
>> > runs linux ( it should! ). I have an older 2.5" 120GB SSD to go in -<br>
>> > will it fit?, but do I need a graphics card as well?<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> Are you wanting to run mythfrontend or xbmc with pvr.mythtv or both?<br>
>><br>
>> Most modern built in chipsets, ie intel or amd with built in graphics<br>
>> should do fine.<br>
>><br>
>> Personally I like nvidia graphics and ion2 is my chipset of choice,<br>
>> although they are now out of date.<br>
>><br>
>> Budget?<br>
>><br>
> HNY Nick,<br>
><br>
> probably more likely to be xbmc, but need to plan for both.<br>
><br>
> budget is minimal, hence the cubietruck trial. Machine will be dedicated<br>
> though.<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>I have a HP SFF (DC7100 I think) p4 with an nvidia card I could let go<br>
cheap. Not exactly low power but it goes just fine for myth and xbmc.<br>
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