[mythtv-users] HDTV solution @1080i ???

[zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com]

--- Dean Harding <dean.harding at dload.com.au> wrote:

> I'm not sure what trouble you're referring to. In
> terms of *displaying* 
> HD, I've never had any trouble (I have an ABIT AN-M2
> HD + AMD 5000+ 
> hooked up via VGA to my 42" Samsung) and I don't
> have any trouble 
> viewing HD content. I never bothered with the XvMC
> route, because my CPU 
> was fast enough to display HD (MPEG-2 anyway)
> without it.

Thanks Dean

Are you getting full 1080i on your display through
VGA? I could be way off, but that seems odd, unless
you are scaling to a lower res mode. Which Samsung, if
you don't mind? I too am not too worried about XvMC,
since some of the content may very well end up being
mpeg4, and the planned E8400 Intel chip should handle
the decoding easily.

> Most of the problems, as far as I've been able to
> tell, have been 
> *capturing* HD -- especially from Cable companies in
> the US -- or 
> displaying HD H.264. But for me, I'm watching OTA in
> Australia, and 
> don't have to worry about any of that stuff...

I plan to start off with a pcHDTV or HDHomeRun, and
(hopefully) follow the development of a driver for the
new USB component-encoder from Hauppauge. I may even
try to help what I can. Anyway, as long as I can get
the display solution working properly (card -> cable
-> tv, *full* 1080i with no tearing, etc.) I'll
happily futz around with the capture opportunities.