[mythtv-users] pcHDTV and HDTV

[Mike Hicks]

On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 15:59, Jason Schloer wrote:
> I've done some of the research, but no real world testing. AVForum is a
> good place to try to find people who've done it. In fact there's diy
> instructions for making a component converter there(though I haven't
> been brave enough to try it yet) If you're building a box around it and
> want widescreen, my suggestion would be for an NVIDIA MX series card,
> since they support widescreen resolutions and have acceleration for MPEG
> files(which is currently being worked into Myth).

I just figured I should say that most reasonably good quality cards I've
seen on the market over the last 5 years have been able to do analog
output to 1920x1080 (often progressive) and higher.  However, the number
of display devices that could handle that have been fairly limited, so
it might just be a blur when you get that high ;-)

I recall that DVI is designed to be able to carry a 1080i signal, though
progressive scan rates only go up to about 1280x1024.  For 1600x1200 or
1920x1080p, you need dual-link DVI hardware, which appears to be much
harder to find.

Of course, you need an nVidia graphics card if you want to use XvMC...

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