[mythtv-users] First Nvidia Ion box - Acer Aspire Revo prices revealed
Dave Johansen
davejohansen at gmail.com
Tue Apr 14 20:17:26 UTC 2009
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> Gerald Schepens wrote:
>>
>> But would it make a decent frontend? Would it run mythtv? (I can't see
>> why not.)
>>
>
> 1GB RAM and 8GB flash is perfect for a frontend, but there are some
> problems. This is the single core Atom, so even when the multithreaded
> ffmpeg stuff comes through, you're stuck using VDPAU for anything HD, which
> means you're on trunk instead of a release version. Network is only
> 100mbit, which isn't a problem, but disappointing for people who may want to
> shift to all gigabit/jumbo. Wireless is G instead of N, so if you want to
> go that route, you will not likely get HD recordings to work without
> throughput issues.
Is trunk stable enough to be used reliably?
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