On Wednesday 23 February 2005 10:32, David George wrote: > On 2/23/2005 1:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Every thread I've seen about minimum hardware says a p4 3.0Ghz intel with > >Hyperthreading is needed to watch HDTV. These same threads are usually > >older. > > > >So can I use a AMD 64 3200+ based system? Would it have enough horsepower > >to be a backend/frontend machine for HDTV viewing and recording? Does > >anyone have this current setup? > > There have been a few reports recently of people using Athlon 2400+ or > thereabouts. Search the archives for libmpeg2 for some recent posts on > HDTV with sub-3GHz CPUs. I have an Intel 2.8 (non-hyperthreaded) so > can't really give detailed info on the AMDs.
And my Athlon XP 1800 *almost* cuts the mustard. It handles 720p playback
fine, stutters every now and again with 1080i content. Someone else has
reported success with a 2100 and yeah, another with a 2400.
My HDTV-connected box is an Athlon XP 3200 though. Gotta have smooth OSD
fades. ;-)
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