[mythtvnz] GT520 experiences in NZ

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Nov 11, 2012 3:17 AM, "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:32:58 +1300, you wrote:
> >
> > >Anyone got anything startlingly good or bad to say about GT520 nvidia
> cards
> > >for NZ conditions. Conversations about them on the main mailing list
> seem
> > >to focus on possible problems vdpau advanced 2x deinterlacing 1080i60
> > >because of the framerate but "it should be OK in PAL countries".
> > >
> > >SO before I commit to a purchase, are there any view one way or the
> other?
> >
> > If there are problems at 60 Hz, then if you are wanting to play back
> > any 60 Hz files (eg NTSC DVDs or downloaded files), you will get those
> > problems.
> >
>
> Well ntsc dvds won't be high definition so that shouldn't take it anywhere
> near its limit. Downloaded files (assuming I would have such files) are
> generally already deinterlaced.
>
> Ah well I bought it and will report back.
>

A somewhat belated report back. I bought a GT520 fanless card for $80 -
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=531670969 and put it in a
$50 HP SFF DC7100 box -
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=530648092. Installed
mythbuntu 12.04 and updated, added XBMC and plugged into HDMI port of TV.
All works fine. Like my ASUS Bravo GT220 the heatsink is massive. It seems
to perform fine. The box card combination probably chews far more power
than my revos do, but it is in the bedroom of a teenage child who only
visits a couple of days a week. Once I teach him how to turn his light off
when going back to his mother's, I'll start working on getting him to turn
the frontend off.

Oh and once again I am using the brilliant sapphire remote, another $20
odd. $150.00 - cheap frontend really.
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