<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 19, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Decent Guy wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Brain,<BR><BR>By the way, just to clarify so that there is no confusion, I don't know if it can handle HDTV content or not. PNY calls the included dongle "<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">HDTV-out breakout pod" which basially includes component out. (I think my usage of the word HDTV stirred the whole confusion in the first place). This doesn't really mean the chipset can decode HDTV in the hardware.<BR><BR>Judging from this chart (look for the 6200 column),<BR><BR></FONT> <A href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html">http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html</A><BR><BR>it actually may NOT support hardware decoding for HD content. SD content does list mpeg2 hardware decoding. One may have to step up to 6600 for a HD decoder.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>I just wonder where in the circuit the components are taken off, the"TV encoder" has limited resolution but I think (hope) that only refers to the NTSC encoder, which would be after the component signal generation.<BR><BR></DIV><DIV>That chart is interesting, I think that perhaps it should find its way into the WiKi (or a link to it), and yes, I am volunteering to do that.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm not exactly sure what they mean by "decode acceleration", as the amount of "assistance" could vary considerably. XV could be considered acceleration, but so could XvMC, and they are very different animals.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It also appears that if you want "help" with H-264 the cheaper cards are what you want.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>"Bad Edit Correction" could be anything from correcting color framing to putting Aunt Martha in the shot when you wanted Uncle Bill, I wish they would be more specific, but I guess it's hard to be in a short chart aimed at consumers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Finally, I'm not at all sure if all of these features are supported by the Linux drivers, "Pure Video" seems to be a marketing thing aimed at ATI's Viiv and the Windows crowd.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks for the info.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>