I don't think you need quad core. My dual core Asus at3 ion mobo with cpu does hd playback (no idea of the codec) but it also has a nvidia gpu builtin with hardware acceleration.
I would always recommend hardware accelerated decoding over more cpy power (not sure if extra cores really help here) Ymmv. Anton -- Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 10 Nov 2012 14:21, "Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trick...@iredale.net> wrote: > ** > > On Friday 09 Nov 2012, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Every now and then I think I may get a DVB tuner for my computer. Now > that > > > Hannington has been upgraded to HD I could even watch/record stuff in HD > > > (in theory) on my computer - our TV is still ye olde CRT. > > > > > > The Hauppauge PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD is apparently > supported > > > in Linux on 3.0 Kernel and above. It's also not so expensive on Amazon > and > > > other online retailers. > > > > Replying to my self here... > > > > Thanks to everyone for their comments. My current PC is getting antiquated > I'll probably get a new quad-core box in the new year, so I wasn't > expecting to watch much HD until I had a new PC anyway. > > > > I'm mostly relieved to hear that they do work - assuming you have good > basic reception. Thanks for the offers of loans but I'll probably just buy > one anyway, they aren't much on Amazon. > > > > -- > > Adam Trickett > > Overton, HANTS, UK > > > > To send one out of office message may be considered > > unfortunate, but to send two looks like cluelessness. > > -- Simon Cozens > > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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