[mythtv-users] PII 450 system

Brian Foddy bfoddy at visi.com
Mon Jun 9 15:42:23 EDT 2003


A p2-450 will not be able to DECODE a full 640x480 picture,
mine (a dual p2-450) seems to limit out abotu 592x480, for
playback the dual cpu isn't too much of an advantage, so
figure about 480x480 give or take.  Recording is no problem
if you have decent disks.

Brian

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Simon Martin-Dye wrote:

> 
> I am trying to build a cheap MythTV system out of my discarded computer components.  I have a PII 450 with 384MB ram.  Do you guys
> recommend using the PVR-250 since it has hardware decoding for live TV? What TV out card should I use - does it matter?
> 
> 
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