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

Daniel Agar daniel at agar.ca
Thu Feb 5 19:38:04 UTC 2009


On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 14:33, Jonathan Larson <jtlarson at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of jedi
>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:52 AM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Why cant we make a STB?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 09:10:03AM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:02 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 05:00:15PM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote:
>> > >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >> > Perhaps what is needed is a mythtv frontend "reference design" -
>> in
>> > >> > fact it may be very similar to the ion reference design, but
>> with a
>> > >> > remote. Its something people could build with confidence,
>> knowing its
>> > >> > gonna work.
>> > >>
>> > >> A reference design is not a bad idea. If we could form a SIG here
>> with
>> > >> its purpose to create a MythTV HW reference design, HW mfrs could
>> > >> utilize the design to build competitive products.
>> > >>
>> > >> At the very least, it would show HW mfrs what the community is
>> > >> interested in. At it's best, it could be a design that mfrs could
>> > >> develop from.
>> > >
>> > > ...perhaps we should approach one of the Linux system vendors like
>> > > System76 with the specs of what we're interested in. A suitable
>> > > dedicated frontend shares a lot of the same sorts of requirements
>> > > as an AppleTV or mini Mac/PC and could probably be sold to the
>> > > same sorts of customers. System76 already has a couple of "off
>> > > the shelf" systems that are somewhere close to where a good MythTV
>> > > extender would need to be.
>> >
>> > We could. Or we could make this vendor -neutral. Develop a ref design
>> > independently, and then if mfrs want to use it, they can have it.
>>
>>     ...sounds like an awful lot of work.
>>
>>     It makes a lot more sense to drop a line to the sorts of people
>> that are already selling this sort of stuff and tell them "Hey! We
>> all want to buy THIS!". Those that are already doing this sort of
>> thing can put their already developed experience to work and we
>> can be a small part of their plans and benefit in the end.
>>
>>     Neuros in particular seems to be about 85% of the way there
>> already.
>>
>
> I don't see any products at Neuros that really look like it could handle H.264 at the bitrates captured from HD-PVR/Bluray.
>
> The Popcornhour A-110, OTOH, advertises H.264 (up to HP at L4.1) and VC-1 (up to AP at L3):
>
> http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?module=onlinestore&pluginoption=catalog&task=info&item_id=6&main_id=0&category_id=

Neuros Link claims 1080p h264, although I'm not sure how they do it. I
believe it's just an amd 780g based motherboard with HD3200 (amd/ati)
video.

http://www.neurostechnology.com/neuros-link-technical-specs


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