[mythtv-users] nvidia ion for a front end?

[Brad Fuller]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:46, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 April 2010 10:26:01 am David Durham wrote:
>> This looks like a cool little device that might be suitable for a frontend:
>>
>>   http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/204754
>>
>> $179 for a barebone nvidia Ion net top sounds like a good price, but
>> how well does mythtv play with ion?  I think the crux of the issue is
>> probably whether or not vdpau would work.  Anyone have any knowledge
>> of this?
>
> The Revo 1600 with the ION works fine. It won't do the more advanced de-
> interlacers, if that's important to you.
>
> You do need to add RAM to the base unit to get enough to allocate sufficient
> video RAM for VDPAU. That adds about $30 to the $199 price.

I haven't added RAM to my new unit just placed into service, yet.
Seeing if I need it. Seems to work fine so far.


brad