[mythtv-users] Potential hardware - or underpowered ?

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Sun May 16 18:41:42 UTC 2010


Brian Wood wrote:

>I'm not sure
>what the "display" version of the GuruPlug has in it, but it's almost
>certainly some sort of hardware decoder, a 1.2Ghz. ARM does not have the oomph
>to decode HD without help.

Actually, no hardware decoder at all - so all done in software. I did 
get the impression that they might be overselling it's abilities 
"just a tad" !

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