[mythtv-users] Zonbu PC and Myth

[Fredrik Hallgarde]

>> Has anyone seen the new Zonbu pc, www.zonbu.com.
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>> I wonder if it will be a capable myth frontend! $250, small, silent 
>> linux pc.
>>
>> Seems too good to be true.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ian
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> It is.
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> It may be possible to hack the device to use local (NFS) 
> storage, but that's not the business model this company 
> appears to be using.
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Does anyone have details regarding the CPU (which is not referred to 
with any details, whatever "intel-like" means) and the mpeg2 hardware?
If the mpeg2 accelleration can be used I would guess this device can be 
used for SD recordings (mpeg2) and music but I would guess transcoded 
material (mpeg4 etc) would be too demanding. As noted the OS image has 
to be modified to support "local NFS" (interesting name)...

Fredrik