[mythtv-users] Time to take the next step...

[Steve Hodge]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Allen Edwards
<allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> I  think you need more processor power for ATSC system.  I have a
> frontend only with a 2.4GHz P4 and it is not quite fast enough even
> running XvMC (which you do not want to run).  My FE/BE runs a 5400+
> and it is fine.

As of yesterday's nVidia announcement things are looking much improved
on the hardware-decoding front. So I'd either go for the lower
processor (and trust that nVidia's new API delivers) or wait a little
while to see how things pan out.

Cheers,
Steve