[ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?

[Michael Holloway]

Its recorded from HD, but divx-ed to something a lot less than that!

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 09:30 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote:
> If its 350mb its not going to be hd!
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> Im running a AMD dual core 5000+ with 2gb of ram!
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> 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?
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> > Chris Rowson wrote:
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> > > 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
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> > 
> > 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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