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| Author: | aws910 [ Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Has anyone used one of these? |
I found an interesting machine the other day at http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5551137361.html. I was considering buying one of those machines, a usb IR receiver/remote, and using it as a frontend in my living room, with my backend server in my room. Has anyone used one of these? By the specs, I'm not sure if it would be fast enough to run MythTV and stream video from my other computer. specs: # 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor # 256 MB of DDR RAM # 512 MB of NAND flash # 40 GB hard drive # Dual 100 Mbps Ethernet # SXGA graphics controller, resolution to 1920 x 1440 # 2 USB 2.0 high speed ports # Audio in/out interfaces # RS-232 serial port # Single 5V power supply # Dimensions -- 4.7 x 4.6 x 1.6 inches (120 x 116 x 40 mm) |
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| Author: | cecil [ Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:42 pm ] |
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Until I see it in action, I'm sceptical of the Geode's horsepower. |
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| Author: | ik632 [ Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:50 am ] |
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It looks promising but you'll need something to convert the video output if you're not using d-sub on your tv. It would probably be ok for SD but not HD. I used to use a Celeron 600 for SD streaming and it as about the same speed and power as that unit. |
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| Author: | grante [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:44 pm ] |
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cecil wrote: Until I see it in action, I'm sceptical of the Geode's horsepower.
I worked with some of the Geode processors, and they're a lot slower than an equivalent Pentium or AMD K5. The instruction set is somewhere between a 486 and a Pentium. A Geode at 500MHz is probably comparable to a Pentium I or AMD K5 at 250-300MHz. I wouldn't be surprised if it has problems playing back standard def MPEG files unless there's some sort of HW accelleration. Most of the Geode application examples I saw promoted by National were for set-top boxes that had A/V chipsets with MPEG decoding accelleration in HW. |
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| Author: | aws910 [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:11 pm ] |
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Wow, thanks for all the info. The cheapness was the most appealing thing to me. Just put debian on my mac mini, maybe that will do the trick. |
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