[mythtv-users] What to do...

[Stewart]

Well, I was planning an upgrade anyway.    I may make the current 
machine a dedicated backend and rebuild the front.

Brian Wood wrote:
> Stewart wrote:
>> So, I have a working setup on ANALOG CABLE and I'm exceedingly happy 
>> with it.
>>
>> But, I got a new HD TV. Output on the new TV is sub-par. I think this 
>> has much to do with the output to the TV being NTSC and the TV having to 
>> stretch it to fit, so I'd like some advice or thoughts on how best to 
>> handle it.
>>
>> I've currently got a Hauppauge 150 and a 350.   TV out is through the 
>> 350.  This is running on an Athlon 950.
>>
>> The native resolution on the new TV is 1366x768.   Can I simply use the 
>> video output from the standard video card and change the resolution to 
>> 1366x768?  What kind of load would that put on the machine?  It's an old 
>> Athlon 950Mhz box.
> 
> Without help from XvMC you have just about no chance of playing back HD
> with that CPU. Even with XvMC I doubt you will have much luck.
> 
> I wish I had better news, but that's pretty much the conclusions of the
> folks here.
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