Im running a AMD dual core 5000+ with 2gb of ram!
I dont intend to watch broadcast HD from my pc... just the occassional "HD"
file episode of prison break for example! the ones that are normally 350mb in
size!
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:10:12 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wondering about pic
> quality?> > Chris Rowson wrote:> > > > > After having a wee read of the
> MythTV wiki, it looks like you should> > be careful to ensure that your CPU
> is powerful enough to play HD> > quality stuff too.> > > > "The minimum CPU
> requirement for broadcast HDTV playback (720p or> > 1080i) with
> de-interlacing is a CPU such as an Athlon64 3200+ or> > Pentium 2.8 Ghz,
> either Pentium D 820 or Pentium 4. Since the Athlon64> > line is much cheaper
> many people end up purchasing an Athlon."> > > >
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_HDTV#CPU> > > > That would
> work out about right, my system is an Athlon 3000+ and I just > managed to
> play HD (720p) quicktime content with mplayer. Luckily with > dual core
> CPU's, motherboards and memory getting so cheap now it isn't > too much of a
> problem anymore. I got my laptop just before Dell started > bringing in the
> Core2 Duo CPU's (I have a Pentium M 1.8GHz laptop).> > Eventually when I
> finally get the ok from my other half (i.e. after > we've got married next
> September) I'm hoping to have another bash at > building a MythTV box.
> Hopefully by then prices of LCD TV's should be > really really cheap. :-)> >
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