[mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
Title: Re: Re: New Mac Mini But don't believe your Mac-loving friends that an X GHz PPC is better than a 2X or 3X GHz P4. It isn't true, or at least depends on your application. Actually it is true. The architecture is much better and more efficient than Pentiums. The G3 that you used in your benchmarks is very old. Even low-end macs (ala Mac mini) use the G4, which was a substantial improvement over the G3... and the G5 was an even bigger improvement over the G4 and is truly amazing (and even it is built-into the low-end iMacs). Of course, all computers and processors will have advantages and disadvantages in certain areas which can be shown with a specific application, so a general and outdated comparison like this is really distorting reality and not very helpful. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
On 12-Jan-05, at 11:43 PM, Chuck Rice wrote: At 6:46 PM -0500 1/12/05, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. That sounds like a Class Action Suit waiting to happen. -Chuck- What for? It was obviously licenced and clearly documented as such. No need to be sue happy. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
At 6:46 PM -0500 1/12/05, Mike Frisch wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. That sounds like a Class Action Suit waiting to happen. -Chuck- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Re: New Mac Mini
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:22:59PM -0600, Steve Frank wrote: > I will reintroduce a question I've had, what about using Firewire for > video out on Myth? My HDTV set has firewire In, and the Mini has this > nice firewire port. In the past, HDTVs that had Firewire inputs were to be matched to STBs from the same manufacturer (I think Panasonic was one of the first that did this). It wasn't a standard Firewire interface in the truest sense in that it only worked with the matching STB. Check AVSForum to confirm that this is still the case. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
