Hardware Support
Characteristic
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Example Values
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Standard Def
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Yes
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High Def
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Yes
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Digital Audio
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Yes (coax SPDIF)
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Analog Audio
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Yes (left/right RCA)
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Dolby Digital via SPDIF
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Yes
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dts via SPDIF
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No
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Dolby Digital via HDMI
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unknown
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dts via HDMI
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unknown (presumed no)
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RF modulator
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No
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Composite Out
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No
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S-Video
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Yes
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Component
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No
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VGA
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No
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SCART
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No
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HDMI
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Yes (up to 1080i)
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Wireless Ethernet Speed
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N/A (buy the DMA-1000W if you want it)
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Wired Ethernet Speed
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100
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Video Playback Features
Characteristic
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Example Values
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Video Playback Quality
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Playback of videos is very smooth and deinterlaced, even ATSC 1080i material! No sync or stuttering issues.
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FF/RW Support
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Yes
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FF/RW at Differing Speeds
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Yes, up to 50x
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30 Second Skip
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No -- 15 second skip instead (...whatever...)
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Bookmarking
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Sort of. The unit will remember the position of the last video, but if you play another video it forgets the position in the first video.
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Compatibility
Characteristic
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Example Values
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Support MythTV MPEG2 Recordings
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Yes (SD & HD ATSC tested)
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Support MythTV NUV Recordings
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No
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Support MythTV DivX/Xvid Videos
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Yes
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Support H.264 Video
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No
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Support MythTV Music (since 0.21+)
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Yes
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Support MythTV Photo Galleries (since 0.21+)
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Yes
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MythTV Interaction
Characteristic
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Example Values
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Customizable Menus (and in what way)
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No
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Menu Responsiveness
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Very very quick
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Menu Hierarchy
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Comes with the ability to sort recordings by title, genere, recording date, channel number / callsign, or recording group (i.e. "live tv"). Videos (i.e. downloads) are presented heirarchically, and can be sorted ascending/descending.
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Non-MythTV Features
Characteristic
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Example Values
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Support DVD/VOB streaming
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No
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iPhoto/Photoshop Album Support
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No
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iTunes/Windows Media Support
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WMV9 files supported
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Screenshots/Screencasts of Client Working with MythTV
Main Menu
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<Pic of main menu>
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OSD
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<Pic of OSD>
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Others
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<Pics of Others>
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Software / Hardware
OS
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unknown
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Software
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unknown
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Processor
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unknown
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Chip Set
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unknown
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Inside
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<pic(s) of board>
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Works really well with Myth 0.21. A little schitzophrenic in its presentation, however.
- If you select "videos" from the main menu, you're presented with everything that's been recorded from ALL groups (including live TV!) in what can only be described as an unsorted mess. The advantage is that if you highlight a show and hit the info button, you can retrieve full information on a recording (subtitle, description, file size, date recorded, etc).
- If instead you select "server" from the main menu, you're presented things hierarchically, starting with the choice of music, recordings, or videos.
- Videos simply displays hierarchically following the videos filesystem on the backend. Sub-directories are dealt with sanely (show title of directory until you go into it, then show ONLY the contents of that directory).
- Recordings allows you to choose how to group things, whether by show title, show genere, channel number/callsign, or date recorded. However pushing the info button on a recording will bring up no information available about the recording.
Compatible with networks with more than one available UPnP server.
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