[mythtv-users] [OT] First Nvidia Ion box - Acer Aspire Revo prices revealed

[Mr. Vining]

On Apr 14, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Calvin Harrigan wrote:

> Tom Lichti wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Dave Johansen  
>> <davejohansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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?
>> I know I'll get jumped on for it, but I've been running trunk for
>> years, and it's been quite stable for me for a long time. Even  
>> staying
>> a week or so behind, I've never had any major problems. The theme
>> stuff is still being worked out, but Terra is usable. I have 2 HDHR's
>> using OTA, an HD-PVR, and two PVR-x50's, a master and slave backend,
>> and 3 frontends.
>> As long as you are capable with Linux, don't mind getting your hands
>> dirty, and follow the dev/commits lists, you shouldn't have a  
>> problem.
>> Tom
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>
> This is somewhat off topic, but...
> What in the world do you record with 7-9 sources?

I'm up to 11 tuners.  Granted that I have a son and a wife, but it's  
not uncommon to have ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, FOX, Bravo, Nick, Disney,  
USA, and maybe QUBO recording during prime time.

I guess it should be noted that the 3 SD analog tuners I mostly  
bought for the remotes and the IR transceivers, I figured I might as  
well hook them up since I had them.