[mythtv-users] Popcorn Hour Unit as VIdeo Output?

[belcampo]

jedi wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:46:21PM +0100, belcampo wrote:
>> jedi wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:30:15PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>>>> jedi wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:32:49PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>>> [deletia]
> [deletia]
>>>     I could see a quad mini or a cheaper quad dell studio hybrid making
>>> the popcorn hour a lot less appealing. Then there's all the h264 
>>> acceleration and other interesting GPU stuff that's supposed to be on
>>> the horizon.
>>>
>>>     The first general purpose machine in Linux that can do full hw accel
>>> of h264 will be a very popular machine (at least around here anyways).
>> YeaH if and when.
>> The PopCornHour is here now, it's cheap, it's dead silent, and uses 
>> about 10Watts
> 
>     ...and doesn't quite meet requirements.
Lossless transcoding and you're done, at least for me, I'm very happy 
with it, unsurpassed hihghbitrate h264 playing.
> 
>     It's very much like the previous generation in network video players
> in this regard. It seems like SageTV and it's HD extender are far more
> promising if you're the sort that records TV shows.
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