[mythtv-users] Re: PVR 350 vs PVR 250?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Aug 31 14:17:32 EDT 2004


On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:42:52PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:26:32PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > Since the PVR-350 isn't a true video card (it just has a
> > framebuffer),
> 
> Just curious: what are the requirements for something to be a
> "true video card"?

I've been at this as long as you, clearly, Grant; I was thinking the
same thing. 

I believe his implication is that it has no onboard acceleration of any
kind except the MPEG decoder.

Cheers,
-- jra
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