[mythtv-users] Testing the HDTV Waters
William
wmunson at rochester.rr.com
Thu May 4 11:58:37 EDT 2006
>
> I've been using Mythtv with SD for years now. I've decided
> to try HD,
> there are quite a few OTA HD channels available in the area.
> I browsed
> through the list looking for minimum configurations needed to
> play back
> HD. The specs seemed a bit high. My current setup is an
> Athlon XP 1800
> with a FX5200 video card, 512 Megs ram. 360 gigs storage.
> According to
> what I've read, what I have is not powerful enough. But
> being stubborn
> I downloaded a couple HD clips. One in mpeg and one in wmv
> format,1080i
> and 720p respectively. Suprisingly enough both clips played
> flawlessly. I was blown away by what I've been missing with HD. The
I have a similar setup but with a XP 2200. Do you have links to your clips.
I would like to try them myself.
Thanks,
Bill
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