[mythtv-users] Encoder/Decoder

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Mar 6 07:31:26 UTC 2006


On 03/06/2006 12:37 AM, Anil Gupte wrote:
> From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
>> And, my suggestion is to really consider whether you actually /need/ the 
>> decoder.  I bought a PVR-350 for my prototype and decided that I wasted 
>> $100 getting the decoder.  Within a week, I had switched to using 
>> software decoding and an NVIDIA video card.
> Which nVidia card?

I went to a Chaintech GF4 MX440 because it was cheap and good for SDTV.  
If there's a possibility you may ever upgrade to HDTV, you should 
probably get the 5200, though.  (I had to replace my MX440 for my HDTV 
setup.)

Mike


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