[mythtv-users] Why cant we make a STB?

[Michael Brancato]

HD is choppy over 802.11n with my AppleTV so I have to stay wired. I  
don't think this will change.

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On Feb 4, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:

> Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> says:
>> Things like UL and FCC certification require a lot of money and
>> time. This is the sort of "invisible" cost to making your own
>> hardware device that most people ae totally unaware of.
>
> We should refashion the discussion somewhat. As Mitch acknowledged, he
> shouldn't have said "STB," because that does raise the whole question
> of encryption and CableCards and such.
>
> As a non-hardware person I'd like to see an inexpensive, prebuilt,
> HD-capable frontend. Nothing customized; everything should be
> off-the-shelf as much as possible to save costs. Built around a major
> manufacturer's reference platform, probably the Nvidia ION-based one
> that's been discussed here
> (<URL:http://www.pcworld.com/article/158764/handson_with_the_nvidia_ion_platform.html 
> >).
> VDPAU-enabled, Atom-powered. DVI and component video jacks; an S/PDIF
> audio jack; a gigabit-Ethernet port; an IR sensor; and a couple of USB
> jacks. That's it. No wireless (too slow in most peoples' experience
> for reliably streaming HD content, except maybe once all of one's
> content has shifted to HD-PVR's h.264; 802.11N is a possibility once
> it's final), expansion slot, second hard drive, or RAM
> slots. Everything should be focused on serving as a self-contained HD
> frontend.
>
> As for UL and FCC certification, SiliconDust and Hauppauge are two
> obvious possibilities; Jafa at SiliconDust is a poster here.
>
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