I too noticed the problem with Bob and flickering OSD. I was plesently surprised when after switching to the MediaCenter theme for the OSD that flickering went away. :). Its a lot nicer tooking than the blue box in the corner IMO.
On Oct 31, 2005 07:49 PM, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Where the PVR-350 shines for me that it recognizes >whether the content is interlaces or not, and handles >it appropriately (so say the log messages on the >console). This is really nice because then I don't >have to use Bob to deinterlace, which makes the OSD >flicker.. (The other deinterlacing methods are not >good enough to get scrolling messages, especially on >ESPN to display without jitter/tearing). > >However, despite that, I'm likely to go back to my >5200FX, since at least I don't have to play with >screen sizes to get it working. > >-- Joe > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Jesse wrote: >>>Jesse Guardiani wrote: >>>>Dave wrote: >>>>>On 8/23/05, Mark Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >>>>>>Can anyone comment on the quality comparison >>between the two >>>>>>abovementioned chipsets? >> >>Well just to add my 2p, I've had a PVR-350 running >>for about a year with >>TV/X out, >>I've just swapped to a nvidia Geforce4 >>MX440/128Mb/AGP 8x >> >>PVR-350: >>Advantages: >>Picture quality - Supposedly better[0] >>Hardware en/decoding - low processor usage, ideal >>for low spec 'silent' >>frontends[1] >> >>Disadvantages: >>It's physically fscking huge - wont for example fit >>in a pundit-R without >>case modifications >>Not 100% stable - crashes under ff/rew sometimes >>(ivtv v0.3.8/mythtv 18.1 >>fwiw. May be better with later versions) >>No games >>No boot msg's - If you care (I don't and have a >>serial console if I want >>boot msgs) >>Problems with DVD's (much better with XV support) >>Not pretty on bootup (pops and different >>colours->distorted image/last image >>before shutdown->kde splash->kde->mythtv), can have >>driver loaded earlier) >>No hauppauge driver support >>some mythtv functions don't work (vol control etc) >>No VGA/DVI >>Cost >> >> >>MX440 (5200 or similar should be better) >>Advantages: >>Cheap >>Stable >>nvidia driver support >>Games >>DVD'S >>DVI/VGA >>Prettier on bootup (blank screen->nvidia splash(if >>turned on)->suse late >>splash->(kde but for a split second and don't see >>it)->mythtv), depending on >>card/setup can have entire bootup from bios splash >>into mythtv. >>Easily replaceable/upgradeable hardware with _no_ >>config changes (new nvidia >>card, just pop it in, single driver means config >>and driver >>won't change) >> >>Disadvantages: >>Picture quality - supposedly worse[0] >>Uses processing power[1] >>Might be tricky to find a fanless one (I don't >>recommend it but if you're >>not playing taxing games you _might_ be safe >>to just unplug the fan, mine's died and the card >>works fine [and at >>20-30quid for a 'upgrade' replacement I won't worry >>_too_ much if it dies]) >> >>FWIW IMHO unless you want a silent low powered >>machine or don't have an AGP >>slot I'd say save the pennies >>(or cents) and just get a cheap nvidia card. >> >>Anyone want to buy a PVR-350? >> >>Druid >> >>[0] TBH I can't see it but then again I've not got >>that nice a TV[2], on a >>BFO projector you might. >>[1] On a very unscientific test I got the following >>on playback: >>SuSE 9.1/2.6.11-rc2-bk3-20050125153357-default >>PVR-350 >>P4/3GHz/800Mhz (HT DISABLED) >>0.0-0.7% cpu >> >>SuSE 10.0/2.6.13-15-smp >>MX440 >>P4/2.8GHz/533Mhz (HT ENABLED) >>6.5-8.5% >> >>[2] Currently shopping for one though :-) >> >>>_______________________________________________ >>mythtv-users mailing list >>[email protected] >> >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> > > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >http://mail.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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