Apple iMac G4
Computer: Apple iMac G4
Specs: PowerPC 7445 1.25 Ghz, Integrated Nvidia FX 5200, Integrated 17″ widescreen LCD with 1440×900 resolution, 256 MB PC 2700 DDR, Integrated 10/100 NIC, Integrated stereo sound with mono speaker, 802.11 b/g Airport extreme network card
Size: 330(W)x??(H) mm
Hard drive: 80 GB 5400 RPM internal IDE
Tuner cards: none
Other important ports: None
Notes:
The iMac was only used as a MythTV frontend and was running OSX 10.4. The frontend was a pre-compiled package that was installed on the system and set to start automatically.
Solved problems:
1. The iMac did not have a remote but that was solved by using a Belkin usb remote. Special mapping was set in the Belkin configuration to allow the remote to eject the DVD drive to play movies.
Outstanding problems:
1. The computer had low ram to run the front end and the 802.11 b/g cause a lot of lag when trying to stream the HD videos.
2. The LCD video quality was very poor. Blacks were grainy and looked more grey and colors were very washed out.