[mythtv-users] 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200

[David Watkins]

> About a month after that, John Harvey released his XV driver for the
> 350's decoder, so I decided to give it a try.  Well, now I'm right back
> where I started - using the 350's TV-out.  TV playback is still far
> superior to the MX440 and FX5200.  It's flawless.  Perhaps even better
> quality than going straight from my cable box.  Now, DVD playing is much
> better than it used to be, and I would say it is equal to the quality I
> was getting with my FX5200.  I can't remember for sure what my CPU usage
> is when watching DVDs, but I think it was lower than with the FX5200.
> Of course, just watching TV on it takes virtually no CPU.  Using the
> latest 0.3.x drivers, I haven't had any stability problems.
> 
> The PVR350 TV-out has come a long way in the past few months, so I
> encourage anyone who gave up on it to give it another try.

That's encouraging.  It seems I'm about a year behind you.  A couple
of months ago I swapped my PVR350 for and MX440, just so I could
retire my DVD player.  It looks like I could give my 350 another go.

Out of interest, what speed CPU are you running?