[mythtvnz] New frontend sanity check

[Steven Ellis]

On Wed, February 20, 2008 1:06 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Feb 20, 2008 11:24 AM, Steven Ellis <steven at openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, February 20, 2008 11:06 am, Robin Gilks wrote:
>> >
>> >> Greetings
>> >>
>> >> With all the new features (especially video & audio up-scaling)
>> coming
>> >> in
>> >> MythTV, I'm looking to upgrade my main frontend and move the Via Epia
>> >> SP13000 to another room.
>> > [snip]
>> >
>> >> Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2L Motherboard
>> >
>> > I think I might wait for the new ASUS m3n78-emh
>> >
>> > Looks the part according to
>> >  http://www.terramir.com/asus-amd-780g-and-geforce-8200-motherboards-detailed.html
>> >
>>
>> Looks damn nice, except for the lack of analogue TV out.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Yes it does look nice. Apropos of the analogue TV out - why would you
> buy a board like that and then get it to output a picture through a
> poxy composite/s-video conenctor?
> (unless I have misunderstood you?)

I have a lot of interest in myPVR from people who have older TVs but want
to have a future(ish) proof PVR solution. In particular being able to
drive component video at HD resolutions.

In the past we have used the M2NPV-VM board which has DVI, VGA, Composite,
Svideo and component, and I'd really like an equivalent replacement board..


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