[SGVLUG] Myth TV question!

[Munjal Thakkar]

another question, *thanks for feedback BTW* what is the difference between
hardware decoding and encoding, sorry I know I could google, but ......


On 11/6/06, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/6/06, Munjal Thakkar <m00njal at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys, looking to start a myth TV project towards this coming
> weekend,
> > heres a little low down so you guys can know what feedback to give
> > My mom wants a new TV setup in the bedroom, they are still using this
> > ancient 13" CRT that they have had since probably they came to the US?
> *its
> > color though* and it still works fine. However I spotted a nice 22" LCD
> on
> > sale for about $250 at circuit city *check your local flyer* and was
> > interested to nab that for them and have it setup for a front end box in
> the
> > bedroom. Not so bad, I just was wondering if front end only, I should be
> ok
> > with a little 733mhz setup (old MATX board) and possibly 256 ram?
> Well 733 will not playback HD, and will have issues with mpeg2, in my
> experiance, Unless you have a hardware decoder.
>
> > Second, I
> > have various forms of hardware laying around, and all spiffy for my
> backend,
> > but really wanted some feed back or references I could be linked too for
> a
> > good TV tuner card, possibly DVR card, or a HD tuner only card that I
> could
> > stick in there and have it running away for my parents. All advice is
> > greatly appreciate d!
>
> I like haugage(sp?) pvr(1/2/3)50 cards that do hardware mpeg2
> encoding, pvr350 does hardware decoding as well. I have pchd3000(HDTV)
> card as but I have some issues with it but is great when it works.
> > p.s. any speakers for this week ?
>
> Ya Claude has agreed to talk about his weather station setup, and if
> there is still time port knocking. Tom you want to put that up on the
> website?
>
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