On 11/23/2011 12:29 PM, stuart wrote: > Hi, > > I've a question about a set-top-box chip& the current thinking > regarding really light weight mythtv front ends. > > In the past, there have been several attempts to create a mythtv front > end based on application specific chips. But, usually, the chip OEMs > are so tight lipped about their products these efforts are only somewhat > successful. SigmaDesign for example. > > But someone elsewhere was asking about a set-top-box which was based on > STMicro's STi7105. Surprisingly (to me anyhow) it would appear that on > the STMicro web site there exists more then the average amount of > information: > > http://www.st.com/internet/imag_video/product/216978.jsp > > Yes, if you poke around, missing are the data sheets and technical > notes. But what you get, I think, is way more then you might get from > SigmaDesign. > > So, in the end, what is the current state of things? Are people just > saying "Bhaa, I've had it w/this chips, I'll just use a MicroAT mobo > instead.". Or are people still longing after a really small mythtv > settop box? > > -thanks
I went to an atom box with an nvidia laptop video card built it...with 2gb of ram the device cost $200+$20 for the remote/ir receiver+$10 for the 8gb usb key and is about the size of a VCR tape...and it could be smaller since most of the size is because of it being able to fit a laptop hard disk inside it. Overall the device works reasonably decent and is a fully functional mythtv frontend with a full Linux install on it. The device is relatively quiet and my only complaint is that I cannot get it to work with HDMI+HDMI audio so the current analog audio has a slight hum on it... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
