<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Vote for the Nvidia Shield - currently easily the best TV front-end media box out. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">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.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">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. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 September 2017 at 09:32, 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"><div dir="ltr">If a NUC is too expensive, get a chromebox, they sell on trademe for around $2-300.</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Rama Madhusudhan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rama.madhusudhan@gmail.com" target="_blank">rama.madhusudhan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Any idea about HD Home run connect, are they good ? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Rama</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_6512131437341651072h5">On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jyavenard@gmail.com" target="_blank">jyavenard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_6512131437341651072h5"><span><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 at 12:18 pm, Rama Madhusudhan <<a href="mailto:rama.madhusudhan@gmail.com" target="_blank">rama.madhusudhan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks Jean, can you please recommend a good compatible or equivalent as mythbackend for Apple TV and kodi as frontend.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Rama</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></span><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto">There's no storage, no extension (adding dvb card and so on)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div>
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