[mythtv-users] seeking video hardware recommendations

Adam Retter adam.retter at googlemail.com
Fri Feb 29 10:20:00 UTC 2008


I would like a Mac Mini - but I dont have a LCD/plasma TV - I have the
old style CRT which will do SCART, S-Video or RGB in - does anyone
know of a device for the Mac that will do output to any of those?


On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/27/08, Richard Bronosky <BrunosJunk at bronosky.com> wrote:
> > It's time to bury this system http://www.bronosky.com/?p=21  And one
> > thing I learned from my first MythTV build is that I should start with
> > reliable video hardware support and build backwards.  I'm going to
> > separate the FE and BE this time to optimize the playback experience.
> > Here is what I am thinking.
> >
> > 1. I'd prefer low power consumption.  (which adds the side benefits of
> > low heat and low noise)
> > 2. I'd like to use VIA cpu, but I am not dead-set on it.
> > 3. It must be able to playback HD from an HDHomeRun (MPEG2 TS)
> > 4. It must be able to output an industry standard 720p and 1080i
> > signal so my HDTV will "just work" like it does with my $40 upsampling
> > DVD player
>
>
> If you are building a separate FE - I'd seriously consider an Apple Mac
> Mini.  I have one as a frontend and it is brilliant.  It's VERY low noise
> (my plasma screen is louder), it plays HD, 'just works' with a HDTV (mine at
> least), and it has optical audio out.  I run mine on Fedora 8 which
> installed without any hassles.  If you are so inclined you can dual boot
> into Apple OSX mode (and even run myth - but I prefer myth under Linux).
>
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Adam Retter

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