[mythtv-users] uPNP hardware recommendation..

[Damian O'Sullivan]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> real myth frontend would provide (thus disproving your assumption that
> "a UPnP hardware device would be just as good"). For instance, UPnP
> will not let you commercial skip like a frontend will. You will be
> stuck with whatever interface the hardware gives you instead of being
> able to customize like a frontend. You won't be able to upgrade a UPnP
> box like you would with the right frontend for (what I'm supposing is)
> your inevitable HD future. Plus a frontend can double as a slave
> backend if you choose to help with transcoding and commercial skipping
> jobs during its idle time.

Brad,

Thanks for reply. I was getting a device just to play media that would 
have been transcoded without ads so commercial skipping is no problem. I 
was also getting it for the finace where tinkering with the interface etc 
I might prefer not to have!

Thanks,

D.