[mythtv-users] A noob question regarding hardware req. andhardware codecs

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 12:51 pm, John Wells wrote:
> Isaac Richards said:
> > Lower, certainly.  All you're doing then is decoding -- if the system can
> > play
> > back, say, DVDs, it can handle playing back those recordings.
>
> Isaac,
>
> Thanks for the info.  Out of curiousity, how much lower are we talking?
> Would it be feasible to assume a 200Mhz 96 mb would be sufficient?

Nope.  Your hypothetical p3-500 or so should be mostly fine, though.  Any 
reason why you're not going a little higher?  A ~1Ghz duron's only $35 or so, 
an XP 1800+ is $50, similar speed celerons are 'bout the same..

Isaac