[mythtvnz] Hardware Recommendations

[Brett Miller]

There are loads of vdpau capable video cards with component out & DVI/VGA.
Asus 9400GT  for one..there are 3 ? versions of this, some with no 
component only HDMI (Bad).
The component out will do HD1080 as well.
Must check (cheque) the full/exact part number

Many of us are waiting for the nVidia GT220 silent to arrive on our shores.
This should have the performance/price/power as a winning combination.

The later DVI video cards can be connected to HDMI TV later anyway.
HDMI is a subset of the capability of DVI.

You may need a custom modeline to get the best out your CRT.

Wired networks are more pain to build but can not be bettered by 
wireless except on the couch with a laptop.

On 23/03/2010 7:02 p.m., criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
> David Kirk wrote:
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>> If I put a separate backend in the garage, would 802.11g wireless to
>> the frontend be sufficient or will it require a wired network
>> connection?
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> Maybe - I have a eee laptop that works as a frontend fine over 11g, but
> its a bit laggier.   Wired ethernet is all good.
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>> The TV has SCART and component connectors.  It might even have
>> composite.  Are there any video cards with component outputs?  If not,
>> I guess I can go with composite.  You mentioned VDPAU.  What does that
>> give me, and is it really necessary for a system with SD content going
>> through composite or component video?
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> VDPAU is hardware acceleration done in the NVidia chipset.  Its good,
> but not essential.  None of my gear supports it, and all playback SD
> recordings fine.  It makes the difference with HD I understand.
>
> This might be your most difficult part of the problem.
>
> You have options -
> 1) get a video card that has composite out
> 2) get a video card that has HDMI out and find some HDMI to Component
> adapter box thing
> 2b) Use a VGA to Composite adapter box
> 3) use a VGA LCD in the meantime and retask it on your desktop later
> 4) blow the budget and get a HDMI TV and HDMI video card.
>
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>   >  I guess I just take a cable from the sound card to the 2 RCA connectors
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>> for left and right.
>>      
> Yes that'll be fine.
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