[mythtv-users] Apple TV as frontend - but I don't have any widescreen yet

[jedi]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:13:24AM -0600, Travis Tabbal wrote:
> Does anyone have an ATV decoding and outputting HD ATSC MPEG2 recordings?
> H264? I would need 720p output (TV native res). How is it compared to

     It does DVD's ripped to h264 just fine.

     Personally, I wouldn't bother attempting "h264 at 720p" on an ATV.

> software decoding? I'm using an Athlon 64X2 machine right now, but an ATV
> would look a lot better in the entertainment center and the existing machine
> could be reused elsewhere.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:
> > >>1) Pretend for a second that I bought an HD TV...could I connect the
> > >>Apple TV to it...and watch my OLD Standard Def recordings from MythTV
> > >
> > > The resolution of your video content and the resolution of your
> > > display are two different things. Short answer yes you can watch SD
> > > content on a HD display.
> >
> > Just to let you know that it works well on appletv for me. I have an
> > appletv connected to a regular ol NTSC TV using composite. I have
> > several ATSC tuners on the BE to record ATSC programs. AppleTV
> > displays these just great
> >
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