If we're starting to talk about media players then Popcorn Hour can be used as VDR client - <a href="http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/1344">http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/1344</a> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Theunis Potgieter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theunis.potgieter@gmail.com">theunis.potgieter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 10/11/2009, Michael Stepanov <<a href="mailto:michael@stepanoff.org">michael@stepanoff.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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><br>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Paul Menzel<br>
> <<a href="mailto:paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net">paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Am Dienstag, den 03.11.2009, 09:49 +0200 schrieb Michael Stepanov:<br>
> ><br>
> > > IMHO nVidia Ion is much better option.<br>
> ><br>
> > Did you try both options or is this just your point of view from reading<br>
> > the specs?<br>
> ><br>
> > > Especially for HDTV.<br>
> ><br>
> > As far as I know the Beagle Board is supposed to play 720p without any<br>
> > problems. See for example [1]. The NVIDIA ION is supposed to do 1080p<br>
> > with VDPAU, but I think I do not need it yet.<br>
> ><br>
> > + The Beagle Board should use less power.<br>
> > - More people run and test x86 hardware.<br>
> > • Both use proprietary drivers.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Agree with you. But 720p on the Beagle Board is a hack while nVidia Ion is<br>
> reality ;) In any case this is just my opinion. You can find easily case, MB<br>
> with different options such external PSU, PCI extension or ready made HTPC<br>
> based on nVidia Ion. Regarding the power consumption. I don't think that the<br>
> difference between Ion and Beagle Board is extremely big. More efficient way<br>
> to reduce energy consumption is replace all kitchen appliances to energy<br>
> save ones, use thermostat to control temperature, switch off unnecessary<br>
> electrical devices and use energy saving lamps :)<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> ><br>
> > Paul<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > [1] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdnDpH3543Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdnDpH3543Q</a><br>
> ><br>
</div></div>What about the Xstreamer? <a href="http://www.xstreamer.net" target="_blank">www.xstreamer.net</a> 100 EUR, sounds like a<br>
good deal, now only a proper implementation of UPnP plugin for such a<br>
device?<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br>Michael<br>