On Nov 18, 2007 9:54 PM, Klaus Schmidinger Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de wrote:
On 11/18/07 19:16, Alasdair Campbell wrote:
On Nov 19, 2007 2:08 AM, Halim Sahin halim.sahin@t-online.de wrote:
Hmm HDTV with a matrox card????????
What I mean is H264 video gets decoded by the extra horsepower of the P4, matrox is used with software output device in vdr.
Are you planning on buying an HD television set Klaus? Then ignore
I already have one ;-)
what I had to say and throw out one your dvb-s cards.
I don't want to lose the ability to record 3 DVB-S transponders in parallel, and I also need the DVB-T card.
It seems like you have two totally different options, depending on whether you go for hardware or software decoding of HD content. If the Reel HD card turns out to be a winner, then I'd suggest you buy a board with the Intel 865PE chipset, lots of second hand options out there. If you go for one with gigabit ethernet, you'll likely be buying a top line board, well looked after and with sata ports, DDR400 support, good bios options for undervolting/clocking. 5 PCI slots and an AGP slot to stick in a suitable card for installing an OS. Doubt many will come with on board video.
Of course if you go for software decoding you're in a different boat: new RAM required; USB tuners or PCIe->PCI adaptor; new PSU?; most good boards wouldn't have onboard video, so a need to buy a cheap PCIe graphics card to install in gui mode.
I know what I'd go for...it's just a shame that hardware HD decoding hasn't grown enough for there to be some competition and innovation.