Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 06:19 +1100, Liz wrote: > what i really mean is that you expect such a small set of users over 50 years > that there is no further subdivision? I see what you mean. I have no opinion as to whether or not it's useful to subdivide the 50+ category. However, it doesn't really

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Liz
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > > so you don't expect users over 50 years? > > Users older than 50 would select the "> 50" option. what i really mean is that you expect such a small set of users over 50 years that there is no further subdivision? I am over 50, and I'm not over 70,

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:26 -0600, Evan Hisey wrote: > the 100hz/120hz screens do not tear as badly with high speed detail. I > watch a lot martial art flicks and the slight tearing at the edges of > everything on LCD/plasmas can really get annoying fast. I think, like anything else, you can buy c

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Evan Hisey
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:08 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> It is Full HD. No 100Hz, I don't see the point if I do not have any 100 >> fps content. It lacks 24p support, but maybe you can live with that. > > I'm not well read on LCDs (I'm more

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:44 -0500, Brett Granger wrote: > I would recommend adding some item(s) to the effect of playing back > streaming media (internet videos/TV, radio, etc). That seems to be > gaining in popularity recently. Thanks, good suggestion. I added: [ ] Streaming Internet radio

Re: [Freevo-devel] [Freevo-users] Hardware for Freevo 2

2009-01-28 Thread Evan Hisey
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > Hi Evan, > > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 22:55 -0600, Evan Hisey wrote: >> most people. But suddenly needing to upgrade the whole system will put >> people off about the move to 2.x > > It's inevitable we are going to leave behind some people wi

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Brett Granger
Jason Tackaberry wrote: > As I mentioned in the other thread, I'd like to work up a web-based > survey to help us get a better idea about our userbase. > > Here are some ideas for questions. They are not numbered because the > numbering is up for debate too. Please provide suggestions for other

Re: [Freevo-devel] [Freevo-users] Hardware for Freevo 2

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:54 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory > Controller Hub > > IIRC it is a 950 Google agrees. Thanks. -- This SF.net email is sp

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 09:30 +, Adam Charrett wrote: > Can I also suggest 'Via Unichrome series' here as a large number of Via > based mini-itx boards have this integrated in the chipset. Sure, thanks. -- This SF.net

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
Hi Liz, On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 20:20 +1100, Liz wrote: > > #. Age: > > (o) Decline to answer > > ( ) < 18 > > ( ) 18-25 > > ( ) 26-35 > > ( ) 36-50 > > ( ) > 50 > > > so you don't expect users over 50 years? Users older than 50 would select the "> 50

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:11 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: > I would like to know if it is 4:3 or 16:9. Maybe also 16:10 for LCD > monitors. It could be an extra question, but it would be nice to know > for the theme code. I agree that's a useful thing to know. Even though it overlaps with the resoluti

Re: [Freevo-devel] [Freevo-users] Hardware for Freevo 2

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
Hi Evan, On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 22:55 -0600, Evan Hisey wrote: > most people. But suddenly needing to upgrade the whole system will put > people off about the move to 2.x It's inevitable we are going to leave behind some people with the 2.x architecture. We've accepted that already. The survey s

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:08 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: > It is Full HD. No 100Hz, I don't see the point if I do not have any 100 > fps content. It lacks 24p support, but maybe you can live with that. I'm not well read on LCDs (I'm more of a plasma guy) but it seems to me the 100Hz (or 120Hz for NTSC

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hans Meine wrote: > BTW: In reply to James Trietsch you wrote: >> 22'' 16:10 LCD: around 200 EUR >> A _good_ 37'' TFT TV: around 600 EUR > > That's not how I recall the situation in local stores; although there are > certainly some TVs for 600€ which are not too bad, *good* TVs (i.e. Full HD, > m

Re: [Freevo-devel] Hardware for Freevo 2

2009-01-28 Thread Dirk Meyer
Evan Hisey wrote: > I have not done any testing on 2 yet And you acn't, because the code in question is not in svn yet > but my currently very reliable Freevo system runs standard def. TV > just fine on 2gz single core box with little overhead. I really hope > that Freevo 2 is not going to sudden

Re: [Freevo-devel] Hardware for Freevo 2

2009-01-28 Thread Dirk Meyer
Jason Tackaberry wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 13:23 +0100, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> I have problems getting vsync on my external monitor, but the clutter >> test app worked well with 1080p video. > > And, I forget, did you have GMA 900 or 950? Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 94

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Adam Charrett
On Tue, January 27, 2009 5:57 pm, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > > #. Video card or graphics chipset of your system running Freevo: > > This can often be determined by running lspci | grep -i > vga at the shell. > > (Chipset names will be linked to wiki article for more info) > >

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Liz
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > As I mentioned in the other thread, I'd like to work up a web-based > survey to help us get a better idea about our userbase. > > Here are some ideas for questions. They are not numbered because the > numbering is up for debate too. Please provide su

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Dirk Meyer
Jason Tackaberry wrote: > (o) CRT television (interlaced) > ( ) CRT monitor (progressive) I would like to know if it is 4:3 or 16:9. Maybe also 16:10 for LCD monitors. It could be an extra question, but it would be nice to know for the theme code. Dischi -- C++: The power, elegance and simplic

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Hans Meine
On Dienstag 27 Januar 2009, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 21:55 +0100, Hans Meine wrote: > > I find this one difficult. I just bought a 1920x1200 LCD for my > > dedicated Freevo box, is that "geared toward PCs"? It's probably a > > corner case, and given the caption "best descri

Re: [Freevo-devel] Freevo survey questions

2009-01-28 Thread Hans Meine
On Dienstag 27 Januar 2009, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Hans Meine wrote: > > I find this one difficult. I just bought a 1920x1200 LCD for my > > dedicated Freevo box, is that "geared toward PCs"? It's probably a > > corner case, and given the caption "best describes", I'd still choose > > that option, b