nVidia ion platform

[Tom Metro-10]

I saw mention of the "nVidia ion platform" on another list as a
potential MythTV front-end. "Low-power atom processor with nVidia
graphics that also support gpu-based mpeg2 & h.264 decoding."

I found an article with some photos and videos for it here:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/nvidia-ion-platform-gets-demonstrated-at-ces/

Looks promising. If the price point is good, and they're well supported
by open source drivers, they could obsolete dedicated set-top-box
hardware using the Sigma Designs MPEG4 decoder chips.

  -Tom

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[bungle]

Tom Metro-10 wrote:

I saw mention of the "nVidia ion platform" on another list as a

I have been actively trying to follow ION news; unfortunately, there isn't much so far.  However, I'm eagerly awaiting the availability of one.  It looks like you will need the newest MythTV with VPDAU support, but with that it should handle 1080p well and run at maybe 20W (and 2W sleeping).  Given its size and its ability to run a full frontend, it sounds perfect, especially if they are around $300.  

John

[MVallevand]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:53 AM, bungle <nabble.e.wuuza@...> wrote:

> I have been actively trying to follow ION news; unfortunately, there isn't
> much so far.  However, I'm eagerly awaiting the availability of one.  It
> looks like you will need the newest MythTV with VPDAU support, but with that
> it should handle 1080p well and run at maybe 20W (and 2W sleeping).  Given
> its size and its ability to run a full frontend, it sounds perfect,
> especially if they are around $300.

I see the pre-order pricing is not bad
http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=PCSH&searchstring=Acer+Aspire+Revo&page=search&pa=search&go.x=0&go.y=0
 and it could make a nice MythTV front end especially with a real
lircd remote if the drivers are up to it.  North American prices will
be lower which is nice.  The effect of MS OS cost are certainly
getting noticeable as the hardware prices full

Martin

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