[mythtv-users] zbox as a frontend: ID41 vs ID80

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:

> About to give in, and update my current ION1 frontend
> to a zbox. Just looking for some advice on which to
> choose. I may need to hurry if I want an ID41.
>
> I'm mainly wondering if a GT520M in any way produces
> higher quality than an ION2 (e.g., maybe using more bits
> in transformations).
>
> P.
>

what is your definition of "higher quality" in this context?
the visual output should be the same, sometimes absolute
brightness/contrast levels might be different because of the chipset, or
other factors, but I don't think it they will be so different as to be of
concern.

I believe the 520 has a newer "version" of the vdpau/purevideo hardware and
can decode more codecs in hardware(if that matters I would look into that
further). both will pass through the new higher bitrate audio codecs.

Neither is fast enough for Advanced 2x deinterlacing, however most people
see no difference between them in their normal tv watching between Advanced
2x and the other deinterlacing options. (however, if you watch a lot of
sports and your TV's post-processing interferes, you may notice some
jutter).

Both should do fine at hardware scaling and like deinterlacing show no
generally noticeable difference.

The ID80 should be marginally faster for non-video decoding things like the
menu interface and such, if that is of concern and worth the potential
price difference.

Which, in the end I would be more concerned with, which one is cheaper ;-)

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