[mythtvnz] recommendations for front end...

[Jason Taylor]

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

On 1 January 2015 at 20:09, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-01-01 at 17:07 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi folks, and happy new year!
> >> >
> >> > I've been trying out a cubietruck to display local content, but it's
> >> > just not grunty enough ( unless you know better! ) for much HD, which
> is
> >> > a shame as it looked like just what I wanted.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions for a better solution? I'm looking at possibly a
> >> > Gigabyte BRIX, but not sure what extra I'd need to buy, and whether it
> >> > runs linux ( it should! ). I have an older 2.5" 120GB SSD to go in -
> >> > will it fit?, but do I need a graphics card as well?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Are you wanting to run mythfrontend or xbmc with pvr.mythtv or both?
> >>
> >> Most modern built in chipsets, ie intel or amd with built in graphics
> >> should do fine.
> >>
> >> Personally I like nvidia graphics and ion2 is my chipset of choice,
> >> although they are now out of date.
> >>
> >> Budget?
> >>
> > HNY Nick,
> >
> > probably more likely to be xbmc, but need to plan for both.
> >
> > budget is minimal, hence the cubietruck trial. Machine will be dedicated
> > though.
> >
>
> I have a HP SFF (DC7100 I think) p4 with an nvidia card I could let go
> cheap. Not exactly low power but it goes just fine for myth and xbmc.
>
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