[mythtv-users] Will a PVR-[23]50 help HD playback?

[Brandon Beattie]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:50:22AM -0700, Comments wrote:
> In order to keep my hardware costs down as much as possible, I was 
> looking at a variety of possibilities in hardware configurations.
> 
> I was wondering if having a PVR-[23]50 along with one or more HD-3000 
> cards would work to decode the HD streams.  A PVR-350 is a lot cheaper 
> than a new MB, processor and memory for a Myth box.
> 
> The goal would be to use the encoding (probably not used with an HD 
> stream) / decoding properties of the PVR card, and not it's tuner.
> 
> Is there a stand-alone hardware (en|de)coder card that would be better 
> suited for this configuration?
> 
> Anyone tried this?  Is it possible?

Yes, many of us have.  A pvr-x50 will Not decode HD. You'll have to get
an nvidia geforce FX series card, the most popular is the 5200