On Nov 18, 2007 9:54 PM, Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/18/07 19:16, Alasdair Campbell wrote: > > On Nov 19, 2007 2:08 AM, Halim Sahin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hmm HDTV with a matrox card???????? > > > > What I mean is H264 video gets decoded by the extra horsepower of the > > P4, matrox is used with software output device in vdr. > > > > Are you planning on buying an HD television set Klaus? Then ignore > > I already have one ;-) > > > what I had to say and throw out one your dvb-s cards. > > I don't want to lose the ability to record 3 DVB-S transponders > in parallel, and I also need the DVB-T card.
It seems like you have two totally different options, depending on whether you go for hardware or software decoding of HD content. If the Reel HD card turns out to be a winner, then I'd suggest you buy a board with the Intel 865PE chipset, lots of second hand options out there. If you go for one with gigabit ethernet, you'll likely be buying a top line board, well looked after and with sata ports, DDR400 support, good bios options for undervolting/clocking. 5 PCI slots and an AGP slot to stick in a suitable card for installing an OS. Doubt many will come with on board video. Of course if you go for software decoding you're in a different boat: new RAM required; USB tuners or PCIe->PCI adaptor; new PSU?; most good boards wouldn't have onboard video, so a need to buy a cheap PCIe graphics card to install in gui mode. I know what I'd go for...it's just a shame that hardware HD decoding hasn't grown enough for there to be some competition and innovation. _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
