[mythtvnz] Recommendations to replace dying Zotac ION board

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>
>>> A busy day googling has come up with the following:
>>>
>>> ASRock AM1H-ITX motherboard
>>> 2x2G DDR3-1600 DIMM (cheaper than a single 4G)
>>> AMD 5350 CPU (which I assume comes with a cooler)
>>>
>>> So far it looks like change out of $300 and its all available here in NZ
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Just got to work out how to install (assuming I've found the correct
>>> driver) the AMD Catalyst graphics driver under the Gentoo chroot that I
>>> nfs mount for my PXE booted frontends.
>>>
>>> I get to reuse the case, picoPSU (although the m/b can be run from a 19v
>>> DC laptop brick) and the DVD drive and IR remote.
>>>
>>
>> $300 you can get an ASUS Chromebox, or something similar!
>
> I must be having a Sunday today because I can't see the connection between
> ChromeOS and mythtv nor can I find out from the Asus web site what CPU/GPU
> is inside the box and whether it can boot to anything other than ChromeOS.

You can replace it with ubuntu. It has a Intel 2955 CPU. I can point
you to some howtos on the xbmc forum if you need to look.

Just saying, there are other options out there in the $300 range, and
that was the first that came to mind.

This is also a good machine,
http://nicegear.co.nz/single-board-computers/mini-computer-x26y/ but
(with enormous respect for Hads who runs a great shop) you could no
doubt get it for less than that direct from aliexpress. I think mine
was about $250 with postage.


>
> MythTV for me is MUCH more than TV - its News, Internet Radio, Picture
> gallery, videos as well as being able to skip commercials!
>
> I'm using my $120 quad core 7" tablet at the moment, stuff from the Sky
> box is fine as are the SD channels but 1, 2 & 3 have no audio (not too
> surprising!)
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>
>
>
>
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