I use the single core atom board, this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500028
No harddrive in the box, I netboot the server into gentoo, which it boots in about 15 seconds from power on to mythfrontend running. No fan required because of the single core, and it is very quite since there is no harddrive. I use VDPAU to get the 720p video resolution on my 46" plasma. It also works with ripped blueray disks in mplayer. I nfs mount all of the required drives on the frontend. I put 4G memory in the box and installed it in a nice looking case. My only issue is I have not been able to get the sony blueray remote to work, so I am stuck with a MCE remote. My issues with the MVIX is that there is no way to install a myth client. I was hoping that they would allow for that type of development. The user interface is ok, but very limited in how it plays content. Mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: Tom Metro <[email protected]> > To: L-mvpmc-users <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 4:35:24 PM > Subject: [Mvpmc-users] MVP alternatives > > Michael Drons wrote: > > I tried the mvix, and was not happy with it. > > That's too bad. I mentioned it in a post about a two months ago and it > was at the top of my list for ready-built media appliances. > > So what didn't you like about it? > > Every week I see one or two new media appliances hitting the market. > There is a lot of them. It's really too bad none of the manufacturers > have woken up to the idea of including a MythTV client. > > > > Then invested in a Intel Atom single core system. > > With or without an ION chipset? I didn't think the Atom CPUs by > themselves were adequate for HD. > > I've read a few reports of good results for ION hardware. > > > I see local retailers are selling the ION-based Acer AspireRevo for $200: > http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/acer-launches-first-nvidia-ion-based-nettop-aspirerevo/ > > I haven't yet mined the MythTV user's list (or XBMC list) for reports of > this specific hardware being used successfully. I assume at minimum it > needs to be supplemented with an IR receiver and remote. > > > I've also ran across the Beagle Board: > http://beagleboard.org/ > > which supposedly can do HD playback: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdnDpH3543Q > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayFsiQ88wFU > > but once you start supplementing the $150 board with packaging and > peripherals to make a complete set top box, you're probably better off > with something like the AspireRevo. (If they were priced at $50, they'd > be far more interesting. You could stuff one inside a sub-$100 20" LCD > panel to make a jumbo digital picture frame.) > > It's using an ARM-based CPU running at 600 MHz. Supposedly ARM is > working on ramping up its CPU speeds to 2 GHz and will be going after > Intel in the netbook market. There may be some useful media player > spinoffs from that. > > What software are you running on it? A full MythTV front-end? > > -Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
