Well seeing as HDTV looks to be coming to the UK next year ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/telewest_goes_live_with_hdtv/ ) and we're looking at buying a new HDTV 'ready' TV[1] (1080i) I'm planning to get HDTV playback set up on my myth box. Only problem is I don't know where to start!
I'm currently running a P4 2.8GHz with 1Gb, twin Nova-T's and a 128Mb AGP Nvidia MX440 with the TV out of composite (AV) at 1024x768 and running SuSE 10.0/mythtv 18.1 Disk space is er plenty (2TB+ if need be) I've got a few questions that some of our US cousins might be able to help me with :-) 1) How is HDTV connected? Looking at the specs for the TV we're thinking of there's Composite (AV), Y/C (S-Video), ANT (RF), Component (Y/Pb/Pr) and SCART (which you don't have in the US). What type is used for HDTV (or doesn't it matter)? 2) Will the MX440 be powerful enough or will I need a newer card? 3) Am I likely to need more processing power (I've got a 3GHz P4 in another box I could swap over if need be but would I need more than that). 4) Are my existing recordings going to look awful (PAL 768x576). 5) Am I just wasting my time? Seeing as the recordings (for probably at _least_ 8 months until HDTV actually gets here) would still be in SDTV would I even notice any difference? I'm assuming that HDTV recording is going to need a HDTV compatible tuner card and even assuming they put HDTV out on the freeview channels the Nova-T's just won't cut it but I'm hoping the new box would have a firewire out or by that time there would be a UK HDTV card. Thanks Druid [1] One of these http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z308paxxeu.asp
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