[mythtv-users] Could we install/run Mythtv without X-windows

[James Ogle]

Devan Lippman wrote:

> On 9/9/05, *Brandon Beattie* <brandon+myth at linuxis.us 
> <mailto:brandon+myth at linuxis.us>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>     Personally, I think plasmas are a bad choice and LCD has too slow of a
>     pixel response time.  DLP is by far my choice for best
>     picture.  Single
>     unit (rear projection) units use projectors in them anyway.  I
>     find the
>     fact that the viewing able is critical in them so the image isn't too
>     dark from a side, or when sitting on the floor.  A projector and
>     screen
>     give much better results for view angle.
>
>
>  
> Save your money for OLED, prolly one to two years away but I'm 
> guessing with all the money dumped into the TFT Fabs the same 
> companies are gonna keep the price point high on the OLEDs.  The nice 
> thing about them however is they are an active device so they control 
> the light emitted (almost 100% energy efficient too so low on heat) 
> rather than filtering it like LCD so you get incredible viewing angles 
> and fantastic contrast (I think they were saying something like 5000:1 
> for contrast and a brightness of 600 nits).  Its also pretty fast and 
> super thin.  Once they get these babies lasting 30000 hrs plus I don't 
> think there'll be much to compete.  In fact I might have seen the link 
> here talking about Samsung getting ready to release a 40" or 50" model 
> thats 3" deep!
>
Lifetime is still a problem with OLED, The O stands for organic. It 
breaks down in the presence of UV light, and deteriorates with heat. 
They have made some big gains in lifetime recently, 5 years ago they 
were measuring lifetime in 10's of hours.

The process to make the OLED is basically a printing process, and 
promises to be much much cheaper in the long run then manufacturing LED. 
Makers are planning on thin replaceable screens that you can get for not 
too much money (i hope) that you replace every few years. The materials 
that go into a 60" screen will eventually be cheaper then the refined 
quartz in projector bulbs.


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