[mythtv-users] pcHDTV w/ MythTV

[Curtis Wood]

Thanx for the reply...

On Monday 16 February 2004 10:51 pm, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2004, at 16:44, Penguin Man wrote:
> > 	I've got a pIV 2.4g cpu sitting on an ASUS mb, Im thinking about
> > upgrading my
> > hardware to an NVidia card an the pcHDTV card. I've got my setup hooked
> > directly upto my HDTV set via DVI and the ATI8500 (960x540i).
>
> I think you mean 960x540p.

Sorry - 960x540 @ 1080i

I saw in one of the other threads about needing a P 3g-HT machine to do this 
on? Is this true?

Also, this may be a bad question because of the differences in TV sets, but 
will the NVidia card be a better choice for this? 1) I saw on the pcHDTV site 
that performance is improved with the nv cards? That and maybe the more 
important question - 2) will I be able to get a better resoloution from the 
nv card - like the 1920x1080? Isn't that what I would need to display the HD 
streams?

>
> > I noticed a
> > while ago that the pcHDTV card was begining to get supported, I'm
> > curious
> > what the experience has been with owners of this card, and what, if any
> > recomendations anyone would have (I'm thinking about getting the
> > NVidia MX
> > 440 card).
>
> I haven't really touched mine in a few months. It had issues back then,
> which prompted me to keep it out of my production system, and I just
> haven't had time to get back to it. But from everything I read on the
> dev list, things are rapidly improving with it, and its now very
> usable.
>
> > I currently have the PVR250 card and it seems to work pretty well,
> > it would be very nice to be able to get that kind of quality from the
> > pcHDTV
> > - is that even possible?
>
> What exactly do you mean by "that kind of quality"? The quality of the
> video captured by a pcHDTV card BLOWS AWAY the video captured by a
> PVR-250. If you mean quality as far as stability, it isn't quite as
> good, but steadily improving.

That is kind of a bad question - what I meant was the smoothness of the 250, 
it has the encoder on baord, so its not a capture card - does the pcHDTV 
stream mpeg2 or capture like a normal tv card? It seems that from some of the 
responces I've seen and on the pcHDTV site, it streams mpeg2 like the 250 
does...

>
> > 	My goal may be unreasonable, but since more channels have been coming
> > out in
> > HD I've realized that I'm not watching the cable channels that much
> > anymore.
> > So, if I can get HD over broadcast (8 channels currently) and workable
> > under
> > Myth, then I will just drop the $100/mo cable bill and instead invest
> > in this
> > setup...
>
> I believe your goals are fairly reasonable. I hope to get my pcHDTV
> card set up again sometime before 2010, time permitting, but I can't do
> without my cable service just yet (too many shows I watch that aren't
> on bcast). ;-)