[mythtv-users] P4 2.8 for HD without XvMC?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Tue May 8 13:58:29 UTC 2007


Michael Lynch wrote:
> On 5/8/07, S2 <s2.akira at tin.it> wrote:
>> Steven Adeff wrote:
>>> My Dad can get refurbed Dell small form factor PC's through his EPP
>>> for really cheap, the fastest processor they have is listed as a
>>> Pentium 4 2.8GHz, I'm wondering if this is fast enough to handle
>>> decoding 1080i with Bob deinterlacing?
>> It's the minimum requirement for decoding 720p quicktime video.
>> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html
>>
> 
> That being said, I'm not sure what cheap is through the EPP, but I've
> bought cheap Dells (with no OS) here:

Way, way too high:

http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=SYS

And many other sources. Of course the problem is shipping. If you can
find somebody local it's always better.


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