On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Mark Knecht <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markknecht@gmail.com">markknecht@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
1) Does the HD Homerun actually handle 1080p or are you limited to 1080i?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>There is no 1080p available for it to tune into, so 1080i is the max. The only 1080p source right now is Blu-Ray from what I have read. <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2) How much backend CPU power is required to use this device? My<br>
server is underpowered on the CPU side but does close to 60GB/S on the<br>
hard drives. Will this be OK?</blockquote><div><br>Not much. The CPU just forwards the data on to the drives. So if they can keep up, you should be fine. The datastream maxes out at about 40Mbit/Sec with both tuners going. Your drives can push 60 GigaBYTES/Sec? :) <br>
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I need to do some thinking about my frontend devices. Currently I<br>
use a couple of underpowered Pundit-R boxes for our regular TVs but a<br>
lot of our watching gets done on PC screens. Will I need to do a lot<br>
of transcoding? One TV is 480p capable and is near the server. Could<br>
the server become a front end and play 480p directly? What sort of<br>
video card would be required for component output? Is there one? The<br>
other is an old Sony SDTV. What do I do there? Any ideas are welcomed.<br></blockquote></div><br>How "underpowered" are we talking here? The ATSC stream isn't that hard to decode, but you do need a decent CPU (or GPU with VDPAU and Myth Trunk). All you can do is try. If it doesn't work, transcode or get a video card that can do XvMC or VDPAU. <br>
<br>I just got an NVidia 9800 based card that has a component out dongle (Red/Green/Blue plugs). So they are out there. I've seen some fanless units as well for those that want to keep fan noise down. <br>