<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Tortise <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tortise@paradise.net.nz">tortise@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I picked up a Strong SRT 5410 Freeview HD STB sheet
yesterday, its CPU is noted to be </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">STi7101 32 bit Super Scalar RISC CPU - 400
Dhrystone 2.1 <a href="mailto:MIPS@266Mhz" target="_blank">MIPS@266Mhz</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">64M Flash ROM, 1024 M DDR DRAM.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I note it is detailed at <a href="http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=367081" target="_blank">http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=367081</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Surely food for thought, this sounds to me like
typical router CPU performance levels, presumably there are decoding chips also
included which do the grunt, presumably somewhat like the PVR-350
does.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I wonder if such a device(s) on a PCI card could do
the job for Myth? </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Is this a line worth considering?</font></div>
<div>The Tortise</div></div></blockquote><div><br>If you could get one on a PCI card AND get drivers for it, AND get the software you are using to use those drivers, that'd be fine. <br> </div></div><br></div>