Raspberry PI vs. VIA APC vs. ?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 18 14:47:46 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:53:52PM -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> I quite enjoyed Scott Sullivan's talk last Tuesday at the Greater
> Toronto Area Linux user group on ARM based Linux running computers,
> but it has left me in a bit of a quandary...
> 
> I have a bedroom client PC for my MythTV system that I would love to
> replace with something smaller, more power efficient, etc.. With that
> in mind I have been paying close attention to the Raspberry PI as it
> looks to be something that would do the job for $35 (well, sort of for
> $35). At Scott's talk there was news of the VIA APC motherboard for
> $49 (http://apc.io/) (well, sort of for $49). Comparing prices is a
> little tricky in that the VIA APC comes with a power supply and 2 GB
> of flash memory (both cost extra with the Raspberry PI). Both machines
> come without cases, though the VIA APC was designed so it could fit
> into Mini-ITX or MicroATX cases with lots of space left over. The
> Raspberry PI can do 1080p resolution, while the VIA APC is limited to
> 720p. Both machines seem seriously back ordered...
> 
> So, as a MythTV client machine, any thoughts, Raspberry PI, VIA APC or
> something else?

I intend to buy a cubox for the job.

It's small, cute, fast, lower power, has an IR receiver port, HDMI,
eSata, USB, and is pretty cheap.

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