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Its recorded from HD, but divx-ed to something a lot less than that!<BR>
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On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 09:30 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote:
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">If its 350mb its not going to be hd!</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">From:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2">ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B><FONT SIZE="2">On Behalf Of </FONT></B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2">STONE COLD</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Sent:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> 26 September 2007 08:29</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">To:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> British Ubuntu Talk</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Subject:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Im running a AMD dual core 5000+ with 2gb of ram!</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">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! </FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:10:12 +0100</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> From: rob@esdelle.co.uk</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic quality?</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Chris Rowson wrote:</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > After having a wee read of the MythTV wiki, it looks like you should</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > be careful to ensure that your CPU is powerful enough to play HD</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > quality stuff too.</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > "The minimum CPU requirement for broadcast HDTV playback (720p or</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > 1080i) with de-interlacing is a CPU such as an Athlon64 3200+ or</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Pentium 2.8 Ghz, either Pentium D 820 or Pentium 4. Since the Athlon64</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > line is much cheaper many people end up purchasing an Athlon."</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_HDTV#CPU</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> That would work out about right, my system is an Athlon 3000+ and I just </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> managed to play HD (720p) quicktime content with mplayer. Luckily with </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> dual core CPU's, motherboards and memory getting so cheap now it isn't </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> too much of a problem anymore. I got my laptop just before Dell started </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> bringing in the Core2 Duo CPU's (I have a Pentium M 1.8GHz laptop).</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Eventually when I finally get the ok from my other half (i.e. after </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> we've got married next September) I'm hoping to have another bash at </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> building a MythTV box. Hopefully by then prices of LCD TV's should be </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> really really cheap. :-)</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Rob</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> -- </FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</FONT></FONT><BR>
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