[mythtv-users] Integrated HDMI?

[Christian Hack]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dean Harding
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2007 12:33 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Integrated HDMI?
> 
> Brian Phillips wrote: 
> 
> 	Can this really push 1080p?  I have always been weary 
> of onboard video chips...this seems to good to be true.
> 	 
> 	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128063
> 	 
> 	The good part being you don't use a slot for a video card...
> 
> Actually *displaying* 1080p is not that hard. The "hard" part 
> is decoding the compressed stream, which has nothing to do 
> with your graphics card.
> 
> I've got a Abit AN-M2HD which comes with an nVidia 7050PV 
> onboard graphics card and I have no problem with watching 1080p video.
> 

What CPU did you go with? I just purchased this board with an X2 4400+.
The step up from an XP2400+ wasn't as much as I thought it would be.
MythTV (fresh MythDora 4 install) still tends to be a bit sluggish at
times which I found surprising.

I'm only using VGA at the moment to a 1024x768 plasma, but wanted to
know it could decode the full 1920x1080p. It seems to handle 1080i HD TV
with little problem.

I'm not super happy with the VGA output quality at this stage but I need
to buy an HDMI cable.

The latest nVidia drivers don't support any of the PureVideo stuff at
this stage either.

CH