[mythtv-users] Radeon Xpress 1250, usable with Myth?

[Janne Grunau]

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 23:52:23 Brian Wood wrote:
> I just picked up an Acer Aspire M3100 for $50 at the local Circuit
> City liquidation, including a 17" LCD monitor, so I figure it was a
> decent deal. It has no hard drive, but boots and runs Knoppix, so I
> guess I'll put a drive into it.
>
> Anyone have experience running Xpress 1250? I'm thinking of trying to
> use this machine for a F/E. The X2 5600+ should have the horsepower
> to play 1080i without VDPAU (no VDPAU with ATI anyway), but I'd
> really like it if I could get it to play HD-PVR recordings.

Quoting MythTV developer Stuart Morgan from IRC:

| "Yes it is, my primary frontend uses the Catalyst driver, over HDMI
| (+audio) to my HDTV, works fantastically with HD 1080i, SD content and
| openGl rendered menus."

HTH Janne