[mythtv-users] Dream System .... almost
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Fri Nov 21 13:15:10 EST 2003
Top-posting rearranged
On Friday 21 November 2003 12:45, Mark Gardner wrote:
> >Your cheapest and best quality way forward might well be to look for
> > a PVR350 card. This will give you excellent quality TV out, and
> > hardware assisted compression and playback. You should only need a
> > very small
>
> CPU >to power this, your 550 would probably be adequate for example.
>
> >Good luck
>
> Ok... now for a hypothetical. If money is no object what is the best
> video card for this software?
>
I'd still probably say the PVR-350. It's not cheap; it typically sells
for close to USD$200. It's not a video card per se, but it gives
better quality TV-out than any video card because it supports true
interlaced output to your TV. Plus, you get the added benefit of
hardware encoding/decoding. If you need to have a video card in the
box to boot, or to attach a monitor or whatever, you can pick up a
decent one for $20. If you want to run Myth through the video card,
you'll probably want a faster machine, though a GeForce4 MX might help
since it's got XvMC-assisted decoding (nowhere near as good as the
PVR-350's decoding, though).
-JAC
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