[mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

James C. Dastrup jc at dastrup.com
Mon Jan 23 19:48:10 UTC 2006


>On Monday 23 January 2006 12:17, James C. Dastrup wrote:
>> > The truth is graphics drivers aren't there yet, for any card, for the
>> > kind of tasks we might want to do with mythtv, when it comes to HD.
>> > Raphael
>>
>> What tasks might I want to do, besides watch TV, that mythtv, the driver
>> and card aren't able to handle? Because watching TV is just fine.
>>
>> I have an ATI 9600, and even with everything you hear about how bad
>> ATI's card are in Linux, I have a beautiful HD picture with no problems.
>> I have yet to discover a problem with my card and HD playback.
>
>James are you running 1080i through the DVI port with this card? I've been
>thinking of getting an ATI card since I from what I understand they can do
>interlaced modes using the DVI output, just want to verify.
>
 
One frontend is using 720p over VGA and the other is running 1080i over DVI.
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