Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-29 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Tony Grant wrote: Has anyone tried VGA out at 1600x1050 on a FullHD (Sony Bravia for example)? If so what does it look like. I've used a PC connected to a 40 Bravia via DVI and it was pretty damn good. If you sat far enough away you could use it comfortably as a monitor. Up close and the

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-29 Thread Tony Grant
Le jeudi 29 novembre 2007 à 17:05 +, Chris Jones a écrit : Has anyone tried VGA out at 1600x1050 on a FullHD (Sony Bravia for example)? If so what does it look like. I've used a PC connected to a 40 Bravia via DVI and it was pretty damn good. If you sat far enough away you could use

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-23 Thread JJussi
On Thursday, 22. Novemberta 2007 22:21:36 VDR User wrote: Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine and are less expensive. Here at Finland.. We don't have any analog transmitions anymore.. We are full digital.. ;-) -- JJussi

[vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
Hello list, I followed the recent messages about the future of VDR with great interest . I would like to share my recent experiences about HDTV. As I consider myself to be open for new technologies like HDTV is now, I recently bought an HDTV receiver. It doesn't matter who produced it, I

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being average as I stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong. But to buy a 1000+ Euro TV

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Gregoire Favre
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 03:08:22PM +0200, Füley István wrote: Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being average as I stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong. AFAIK HDready are going to disapear... But to buy a 1000+ Euro TV set? That's

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Lauri Tischler wrote: Füley István wrote: Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being average as I stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Lauri Tischler
Füley István wrote: Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being average as I stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong. But

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Lauri Tischler
Alasdair Campbell wrote: Lauri Tischler wrote: Füley István wrote: Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being average as I stated before, therefore my

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Lauri Tischler wrote: Alasdair Campbell wrote: Lauri Tischler wrote: Not really, FullHD also means large, minimum 42, it is quite senseless to to watch good picture on a postcard, so you start at €1500 You forgot to add the €20,000 building an extension to your house, if you don't want

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Gregoire Favre wrote: First you could try it on a computer monitor : tremendous !!! Yes, I did it once, about two years ago, on a 24 CRT monitor I tried Euro1080, or something like this, it was DVB-S, MPEG2, but unfortunately my CPU has not enough power to decode it

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread VDR User
On Nov 22, 2007 7:30 AM, Füley István [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be clear: I did not say, that we don't need HD at all. I just said, that normal TV stations should stay in SD, and only a couple of premium (PPV, etc) channels should go HD. But the situation is more clear: not me is gonna be

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, VDR User wrote: Btw, do you still prefer music on cassette tape? ;) (just kidding) No, I never liked casette tapes. But I prefer LPs instead of CDs... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
VDR User wrote: On Nov 22, 2007 7:30 AM, Füley István [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be clear: I did not say, that we don't need HD at all. I just said, that normal TV stations should stay in SD, and only a couple of premium (PPV, etc) channels should go HD. But the situation is more clear: not

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Beside all that, I do believe VDR needs to integrate H264 HD recording, along with support built-in for multiple frontends. Hopefully I can lend a hand with the coding (in about 6 years). ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread VDR User
On Nov 22, 2007 11:46 AM, Alasdair Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the point when my cards stop receiving a signal I might start worrying about being 'left behind'. Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine and are less expensive.

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Kartsa
VDR User kirjoitti: On Nov 22, 2007 11:46 AM, Alasdair Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the point when my cards stop receiving a signal I might start worrying about being 'left behind'. Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine and are less