[mythtv-users] xbox or ps2 as frontend

[Andrew Close]

post restructured for clarity

> On Mar 29, 2005 2:15 PM, Aran Cox <spin667 at mchsi.com> wrote:

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> > Basically I think an xbox makes a great SD only playback machine.  You
> > want HD playback from an xbox under linux/mythtv?  IMHO, highly
> > unlikely to ever happen and certainly isn't possible now.

On Apr 1, 2005 5:09 AM, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you use the HD pack though?  Meaning, can you use the component
> cables and the optical audio?
> 

the HD pack doesn't really give you the ability to play HD.  it gives
you better cabling, but the xbox processor still isn't quite powerful
enough to handle encoding of an HD signal.  you will most likely get a
better picture with the HD cables when viewing SD video though...