[pvrusb2] Feature Misconception of HVR-1950?

[roger]

On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 22:37 -0500, Mike Isely wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008, roger wrote:
> > 
> > Also note Specifications seem somewhat high for watching 1080 resolution
> > video?  64MB video memory too??
> 
> The high requirements aren't for the PVR-1950's driver.  They are going 
> to be for the application that is trying to render HD video to the 
> computer monitor.  HD video requires A LOT more CPU and GPU horsepower 
> than old-school SD video.  A 1080i picture for example is 1920x1080, 
> easily 4 times the pixels (perhaps even 16 times the pixels depending on 
> the situation) than SD video. 
> 
> > 
> > Processor Requirements (minimum): 
> >       * 1.0 GHz Intel P4 or equivalent (for watching cable TV)
> >       * 2.2 GHz Intel P4 or equivalent (for watching high definition
> >         ATSC or QAM digital TV)
> >   * Available USB 2.0 port
> >   * Graphics with 64MB memory (or greater)
> 
> For HD, I'd consider the above to be a bare minimum.  I have one 
> HD-capable MythTV front end here working that uses an Intel P4 2.4GHz 
> processor but it's barely there.  Had I known then (when I bought the 
> hardware) what I know now I would have done things differently.  This is 
> something I wrote about about how I set up MythTV here:
> 
> http://www.isely.net/mythtv_setup.html
> 
> (though it really focuses more on tricks for making multiple diskless 
> front end systems rather than strictly the HD aspects)


Thanks for clarifying this up.  I didn't realize 1080 was 1920x1080.
For some reason, thought something like less then 1280x1024.  I hope we
can trigger a switch within the box to show 1024x768 on live playback.
I'm assuming we can at this point.

I don't plan on upgrading for still another few years.  VIM still seems
to run find on my 2x750P3 box here, as well as my P3 1Ghz laptop. :-/

I'm sure I'm not the other one who's only need is VIM. But, I'm guessing
you had to buy the 2Ghz for Emacs. ;-)

-- 
Roger
http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/index.html
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