Dirk Meyer wrote: > John Molohan wrote: >> Dirk Meyer wrote: >>> Duncan Webb wrote: >>> >>>> I've just started the jump from Python-2.4 to Python-2.6 on my DirectFB >>>> machine. So far it has been easy enough and been fairly trouble free. >>>> >>> Stupid question from the 2.0 development point of view: you use DFB in >>> Freevo? What card to you have? For 2.0 we are going we are making X a >>> requirement. Well, sort of. We use clutter, but I'm not sure how good >>> the clutter SDL backend works on DFB. >>> >>> So after the 2.4 question, here a new one: anyone not using X11 and why? >>> >> Up until sometime last year I was still using directfb with a matrox >> g400 card as I was outputting to a CRT. I'd guess that's the main reason >> why people would still use it? > > I guess so, too. For a CRT the G400 is great. But I expect CRTs to die > in the next years.
For analogue TV and DVB-T of analogue recordings the CRTs are still very much better than flat screens; this has to do with the none square pixels on CRTs. Watching analogue TV on a TFT is a bit like viewing youtube videos. The local consumer programme recommends that people keep their CRTs for a while so CRTs may be around longer than expected. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
