[mythtv-users] A/V Receivers & MythTv

[Andrew Close]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
>
>  On Apr 18, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Andrew Close wrote:
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>  > you guys/gals that have Myth hooked up through an AVR, do you run your
>  > video through the receiver as well as the audio?  or directly to the
>  > display?
>  > i'm curious because many of the newer receivers, even some budget
>  > receivers, now have video processors built into them that do a decent
>  > job of upscaling/converting/formatting.  looking at the mid-range
>  > Denons and Onkyos, they all have pretty decent video processors in
>  > them.  they do a very nice job of upscaling DVD and SD video and some
>  > can even cherry pick which signals get upscaled.
>  > i know that Myth can do scaling too.  just wondering if it is as good
>  > as a dedicated HW video processor.  and i'm also wondering if it's
>  > possible to run Myth's output through a dedicated video processor.
>
>  Your video card will almost certainly do a better job of scaling than
>  your receiver. You called it a "dedicated HW video processor". It's
>  actually a dedicated HW audio processor with some video capability
>  added on. Your video card is a dedicated HW video processor.

interesting.  cause the guy at the A/V shop told me it was the other
way around.  of course, he's trying to sell me some new gear; but he
also brought up the point that the AVR is a specialized HW device
built for the purpose of high quality audio/video processing and that
to match the chip in the AVR i would need a very high end video card,
not just the commodity nVidia 5200...

-- 
Andrew Close