[mythtv-users] Remote front-end questions

[Jeff]

Friday, October 29, 2004, 4:02:56 PM, Aran Cox wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 11:56:12AM -0400, David Levine wrote:
>> As far as my permanent front-end hardware goes, I'm curious to hear
>> some personal experiences of people who went the X-Box route.  I've
>> heard it might actually have a loud fan... is that true?  And how's
>> the performance in general?  If not X-Box, what's the lowest end (i.e.
>> fanless) Epia board I could get that still performs well w/something
>> like MiniMyth (I assume I'll want to get a DC power supply, too)?  If
>> I do go the X-Box route, I notice that software-only modifications
>> can't be done on the most recent (1.6) boxes, and a modchip is
>> required.  Any recommendations as to the simplest chip to install
>> (that would still allow gameplay, although I don't care about using
>> X-Box Live)?

> I'd try and get an older Xbox and going the software route.  The fan
> is a bit loud, IMHO, at least on my Xbox.  If you're going to open it
> up to put in a chip, replace the fan while you're at it.

> I will say, as another responder did, the xbox tv-out is nice.  It's
> easily the nicest tv-out I've ever seen and smokes any of the nvidia
> cards I've ever tried and the whole thing is now very easy to set up.
> Maybe ATI is as nice, I wouldn't no.

Has anyone used the MediaMVP with mvpmc (http://mvpmc.sourceforge.net)?

IIRC the price point is lower than the XBox and I think it is silent
as it has no moving parts inside.