[mythtv-users] Looking for a new video card for my MythTV frontend....

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 04/12/12 13:31, John P Poet wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Mark Bobak <mark at bobak.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm currently running a several year old NVIDIA 9400 based card in my
>> MythTV frontend.  It's been a bit flakey lately, so, I'm thinking of
>> upgrading.  I was looking for a recommendation for a good replacement.
>>
>> I was looking at a GT 430 based card.  Feature set looks promising,
>> and it can easily be had for less than $100.
>>
>> Any other thoughts, folks?
> I have been using this card for several months now:
>
> http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/ENGT430_DC_SLDI1GD3/
>
> Works beautifully with material from both ATSC HDhomeruns and HD-PVRs
> with Advanced 2X deinterlacing.  The 1080i H.264 from the HD-PVR will
> playback at up to 1.75X timestretch fine -- bumping the timestretch
> above that does cause an occasional skip.
>
>
> John

I'd like to add that I've been using a similar Zotac 430 based card. 
Using Advanced 2x vdpau deinterlatcing/decoding. It's driving a 1080p
set. ATSC 1080i and 720 recordings via hdhr play back beautifully.  The
video quality is noticeably better than using a software only decode.  I
do have the occasional hang (the card, not the system) when there is
some pixelation in the video stream.

It's the 1GB version of this card:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0374018