[mythtv-users] The $99 frontend is here. Is this too good to be true?

[sonofzev at iinet.net.au]

On Thu Jul  2 16:11 , Jarod Wilson  sent:

>On Thursday 02 July 2009 01:21:31 Bill Williamson wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thursday 02 July 2009 00:46:52 Bill Williamson wrote:
>> > > > Moral of the story: VDPAU still development code, and not a magic
>> > > > bullet (yet). Don't expect miracles. Play with fire, get burned. Etc.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Again, the options are:
>> >
>> > The options *if your feed(s) is/are h.264*. Again, mine aren't.
>> >
>> 
>> The other thing is, can your machines deinterlace 1080i mpeg2 HD content
>> such that it doesn't look horrible?  Even for sports?
>
>Yes.
>
>> Mine cannot without VDPAU, and they're not top of the line but they are
>> middle of the line (AMD64 5500+ type thing)
>


Yes, mine do... I'm using an opteron 170.. with a fully optimised
(arch=opteron-sse) Gentoo OS underneath which I believe makes a big difference... 




>If I'm remembering correctly, I don't actually have *any* deinterlacer
>enabled. I really should do some research some day to figure out why
>I don't need one. Its either that my set (a 1080p LCD) does deint for
>me, or by virtue of feeding a perfect 1080p signal to it, one simply
>isn't needed. Or maybe I do have one enabled. Anyway, yes, my 1080i
>mpeg2 HD content looks very much non-horrible, even for sports.
>
>(I'd just go double-check if a deint filter is enabled, but I'm out
>of town on vacation right now).
>
>-- 
>Jarod Wilson
>jarod at wilsonet.com
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