[mythtv-users] xbox myth and hdtv

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

>>>> barry at arhosting.com 1/25/2005 10:35:32 AM >>>
>Well, I'm designing a home theatre, and looking to buy a hdtv 
>big screen.

Cool.  Let us know which TV you buy...  Or projector.

>Does myth frontend, running on xbox use the hdtv output to 
>get better picture?

Dunno.  But I doubt an xbox has the **oomph** to do HDTV
as well as a PC with a DVI connector or some sort of 
VGA->component adapter.

>does it use progressive out for dvd's,

Depends on a couple factors I think...

how you rip the DVD or what your DVD drive can do or 
what your video card can do.

>and does myth play dvd iso's, just like xbox media center does?

I know it will play dvd iso's using xine.  This is not the default 
player for myth (mplayer is), but is very easy to use xine to 
play dvd iso's.

There are a few DVD iso's I have kept, but I've ripped most of 
them down to the main movie.  The only ISOs I've kept are 
the foreign films where I need subtitles to follow along with 
my wife and the ones that have games on them that my kids like 
to play.

>and does it support dvd menu's from the iso files?

xine does.  mplayer doesn't- yet.  

Paul

Good luck!