[mythtv-users] Commercial PVR offerings - is MythTv still competitive ?

[jedi]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:45:05PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
> jedi wrote:
>>      You could also achieve the same result by buying the cheapest non-netbook
>> that you can lay your hands on.
>
> Assuming it has one of the handful of chipsets that work properly.  They  

    Nvidia is very common in that segment of the market. You can easily
get a suitable chipset without even trying really. I managed this on 2
separate occasions.

> seem to change a lot, too...for a while everyone was talking up Intel's  
> video decoding support, and now the Intel chipsets are apparently no  
> good and nVidia is the only way to go.  And apparently only some card  
> and driver combinations can properly drive an HDTV.
>
> HD support still seems like a moving target that's expensive to hit.

    Don't confuse support for BluRay with support for HD in general.