[mythtv-users] Good card for HD playback

[Todd Ignasiak]

On 3/29/06, Warren <warren-lists at icruise.com> wrote:
> Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > I am not currently a unichrome/openchrome user..   But, as I
> > understand it, the capabilities are determined by the chipset in use.
> >  The older chipsets were resolution limited (I thought it was
> > 1024x1024).  The newer "Unichrome Pro" chips are HD capable.   I have
> > read several reports of people using the CN400 for HD decoding.
> >
> The CN400 is what sends the video to the VGA port and to the TV
> encoder.  The VT162x chips are the actual TV encoders that send video to
> any other ports.  The VT1623 which is what is on the SP13000
> motherboard, does not output HDTV, you need a VT1625 for that.  If you
> want a VIA mainboard with a VT1625 on it you should gt an EN series, not
> an SP series.

Good point..  you need both an MPEG decoder capable of HD resolutions,
and a video encoder capable of HD output.

There is information on the various chipset capabilities on the
openchrome wiki:
http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Supported+hardware+and+caveats