[mythtv-users] Looking for reliable, inexpensive HD front end only box?

[Phill Wiggin]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:

> > There has been quite a bit of discussion of SD boxes, recently.
> >
> > But I'm thinking about building a HD box, and I was wondering
> > about what folks are using for HD front ends these days.
>
> The ION systems are popular recently. There has been several lengthy
> threads on them on the list recently. The Zotac ION boards are
> particularly popular at around $200 they can use VDPAU to playback HD
> content smoothly. They are low power and can be fanless with the right
> versions. By most accounts it is the ideal mythtv frontend.


FWIW, My Zotac ION (dual-core version) plays back ATSC MPEG2 HD smoothly
without enabling VDPAU.  Judging by the relatively small amount of CPU usage
it takes, I'd assume the single-core version would play smoothly as well.

I've not tried h264 HD on it.
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