[mythtvnz] thin net client frontend

[James Booth]

On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:15:03 criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
> noel at igrin.co.nz wrote:
> > What is the general consensus for using a thin net client for a frontend?
> > I am curious if something like a Compaq T5520 would be OK for use with a
> > DVB-S backend.  I am only interested in SD, so what would be the
> > recomendations?  Regards Noel
> 
> Basically, its not going to work.
> 
> The only way you could do that is to have some kind of thin client that 
> can boot a generic x86 OS from a USB drive or PXE boot.
> 
> Many of the thin clients I've seen have some kind of embedded system in 
> flash or rom, and then run RDP or xdm or similar.  They're not going to 
> do it for you.
> 
> One success comes with the Firebox firewalls.  They're simple cyrix 
> based boxes with no PS2 or USB, but they do have a couple PCI slots so 
> you can add a PCI video card and a PCI USB card.   Its still a stinky 
> old 5x86 though, so performance is low.
> 
> 
> Other useful links
> http://parker1.co.uk/epia_minimyth.php	epia netboot with minimyth
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Criggie
> 
> http://criggie.dyndns.org/
> 
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 I agree - been there, tried that, forget it.

James.