[ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?

[Daniel Lamb]

If its 350mb its not going to be hd!

 

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From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of STONE COLD
Sent: 26 September 2007 08:29
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?

 

Im running a AMD dual core 5000+ with 2gb of ram!
 
I dont intend to watch broadcast HD from my pc... just the occassional "HD"
file episode of prison break for example! the ones that are normally 350mb
in size! 





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> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:10:12 +0100
> From: rob at esdelle.co.uk
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?
> 
> Chris Rowson wrote:
> 
> > 
> > After having a wee read of the MythTV wiki, it looks like you should
> > be careful to ensure that your CPU is powerful enough to play HD
> > quality stuff too.
> > 
> > "The minimum CPU requirement for broadcast HDTV playback (720p or
> > 1080i) with de-interlacing is a CPU such as an Athlon64 3200+ or
> > Pentium 2.8 Ghz, either Pentium D 820 or Pentium 4. Since the Athlon64
> > line is much cheaper many people end up purchasing an Athlon."
> > 
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_HDTV#CPU
> > 
> 
> That would work out about right, my system is an Athlon 3000+ and I just 
> managed to play HD (720p) quicktime content with mplayer. Luckily with 
> dual core CPU's, motherboards and memory getting so cheap now it isn't 
> too much of a problem anymore. I got my laptop just before Dell started 
> bringing in the Core2 Duo CPU's (I have a Pentium M 1.8GHz laptop).
> 
> Eventually when I finally get the ok from my other half (i.e. after 
> we've got married next September) I'm hoping to have another bash at 
> building a MythTV box. Hopefully by then prices of LCD TV's should be 
> really really cheap. :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
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