[mythtv-users] Commercial PVR offerings - is MythTv still competitive ?

[Paul Gardiner]

Yeechang Lee wrote:
> David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> says:
>> The amount of discussion on this list about how to get proper HD
>> playback suggests otherwise.  It seems this is a really difficult
>> issue for a lot of people.
> 
> People who today have difficuty with MythTV recordings' HD playback
> are:
> 
> 1. using inadequate frontend hardware
> 2. using a non-Nvidia video card
> 3. using an Nvidia video card but not the Nvidia proprietary drivers
> 4. trying to play back HD-PVR recordings without a VDPAU-capable video
>    card or a Core 2 Duo 3.0GHz

5. Getting full advantage from 1080i ? A lot of people seem to report
using Bob, in which case they presumably aren't really getting the
extra resolution (which is after all why some programs use 1080i
in preference to 720p).


I love MythTv, but I have to admit I'd be very tempted by a HD PVR that
had scheduling as clever as MythTv's and could take 4 feeds. I don't
think such a beast exists though.

Paul.