[mythtv-users] Pentium M laptop as frontend for HDTV?

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:

> >I'm looking for a frontend for my bedroom. Currently I have a laptop
> >with a processor that is just barely too slow to do HDTV (it starts to
> >stutter after about 10-15mins of playing back HDTV). I think its a
> >Celeron M 1.6GHz with 1GB of RAM and a Intel 910GML graphics card.
> >Other than the HDTV issue it runs fine, and it plays HDTV fine for
> >those first 15mins, then it seems to need to "chill" for about
> >10-15mins to "cool off" or it just stutters constantly.
> >
> >So I'm looking to replace it. I'm looking at some laptops that have
> >Pentium M's, up to 1.8GHz. I know the AppleTV has a 1.0GHz Pentium M
> >and seems to do fine with 720p, but not so well with 1080 content, so
> >I'm wondering if anyone knows what the minimum Pentium M required to
> >smoothly play back 1080i with deinterlacing enabled is (since I'll be
> >connecting it to a LCD monitor).
>
> 1.7 GHz Pentium-M or better would do fine if you had and nvidia
> chipset. I have one here for cross-testing against the 1GHz Pentium-M
> in the AppleTV. You will need an nvidia display card and not the 8xxx
> or 9xxx as these do not have XvMC. A 5xxx, 6xxx or 7xxx will be fine
> but watch your 6xxx choice as some do not have XvMC.
>
> Since you have an 910GML video in the Laptop, you are out of luck,
> maybe a fast Pentium-M without any deinterlacing enabled.
>
> If you don't want to use XvMC, then any Core Duo Mobile will be fine,
> the lower clock versions run cooler than the Pentium-M. But I don't
> think you can put a Core Duo Mobile in a Pentium-M socket, you might
> check though.


I don't think this is the case anymore.  The Intel page lists the 910GML as
a supported chipset and based on the information added to the Wiki recently,
Intel is supporting XvMC on all their supported chipsets.

Kevin
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