[mythtv-users] Upgrade to HD?

Mitch Gore mitchell.gore at gmail.com
Sun Apr 15 04:51:16 UTC 2007


You should be able to handle HD while using XvMC.  I ran it on a Athlon
1800+ just barely.  I would suggest getting a sample of HD video to test
it.


Mitchell

On 4/14/07, Mike Diehl <mdiehl at diehlnet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> Looks like my 250 just died so I'm needing to replace it.
>
> I'm considering buying an HD tuner.  I've got an Nvidia 5200 AGP graphics
> card
> and an AMD 2600+ CPU.  I've been using KnoppMyth but eventually intend to
> reinstall under Gentoo.
>
> So my question is, does my system have enough horsepower to handle HD?  If
> not, should I simply replace the 250 with another one?  I'd like to have
> two
> tuners, but I understand there are problems with the 500.  Is this still
> true?
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> Mike Diehl
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