[mythtv-users] Dream System .... almost

[Joseph A. Caputo]

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