[mythtv-users] Superserver

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 03:08:46 pm Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Mark Hutchinson <markhsa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does something like this make a good frontend?
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153161&cm_re=ato
> > m-_-13-153-161-_-Product
> 
> Atom is the processor, ION is a marketing name for Atom + nVidia 9400. 
> Mike was suggesting that you not purchase either, but rather spec out a
> system similar to the Mac Mini (and there are multiple others-- see the
> Dell Zino, build your own, etc) to enjoy similarly low power use, hardware
> acceleration if you want, and still maintain a functional processor when
> hardware decode of video comes up short.

Remember that today's Atom would have been called a "screamer" not all that many years ago, and the 9400 would have had 
gamers drooling as well at that time.

Some people buy a V-8 engine that gets 11 MPG, just for the odd time they might need to pass someone, in order to save a 
few seconds on a trip to work. That makes no sense to me.

I still like my Revo, it does everything I have asked it to do, didn't cost much (certainly less than a Mini), doesn't 
look too bad and is reasonably quiet.