[mythtvnz] Suitable Frontend

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Don Robertson <don at robertson.net.nz>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would kind of like to get a system that works on any TV. I thought
>>>> Open Source was a way to avoid lock in.
>>>
>>>
>>> There are no universal answers. The closest you'll get to a system that
>>> works on any TV is something that outputs an NTSC signal over a composite
>>> video connection. I'm sure that is not what you want - but even if you
>>> meant "any new TV" it's just not that simple.
>>>
>>> I think you mean PAL not NTSC
>>>
>>
> Nope. I was being facetious but I think you'll find more PAL TVs that
> accept NTSC signals than NTSC TVs that accept PAL signals. Therefore if you
> really want to support "any TV" globally you are better off outputting an
> NTSC signal - it's the closest thing there is to a lowest common
> denominator (though there are plenty of older PAL TVs that don't accept
> NTSC signals).
>


Ok got your meaning now, I often require simple explanations :)
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