[mythtv-users] Does it matter which Hauppauge tv-card i buy???

[Brian Wood]

Jonathan Rogers wrote:

> 
> What is so great about the OpenGL painter? I've tried it with both
> Nvidia and ATI cards and the main difference from the Qt painter seems
> to be that menus fade in and out. Sure it looks cool for about five
> minutes. However, I question the value of putting so much effort into
> making the menus look cool when one typically spends much more time
> looking at the video playback. OSD can fade on and off without even
> using OpenGL. I haven't tried the new OpenGL video playback code, which
> may have advantages over Xv, but for the menus, I really don't see the
> point.

I can't say for sure, but my understanding is that the OpenGL
implementation at this point is mostly a "proof-of-concept", and a
chance for users to make sure they have their OpenGL working properly.
Further releases will make more use of the potential of OpenGL,
including perhaps better de-interlacing and fancier eye-candy. Like any
other Myth features, if you don't like or want them don't use them.

> 
> Most of the talk about moving to the OpenGL painter and moving away from
> PVR-350 seems to reflect the personal preference of a small number of
> people and has little to do with functionality or usability.

When the "small number of people" happens to be the ones developing the
system this makes perfect sense.

The world is moving and will continue to move towards more HD
programming and more TV sets that accept VGA or DVI input. Myth
development is thus moving in the directions that the vast majority of
users are or will be moving in.

In the meantime nobody is preventing you from using a 350's output, but
the priority of this feature is becoming less and less as it becomes of
importance to fewer and fewer users. Doesn't this make sense?

I tried driving my 32" LCD with the output of a 350, and with the VGA
and DVI output of am nVidia card. Believe me there is no comparison, and
the 350 loses. OTOH if I was driving an interlaced CRT display with a
composite input using only SD material I'm sure I'd prefer the 350, but
that's not the direction the world is moving in.

beww