http://techreport.com/articles.x/23324/1
has some examples of video transcoded by CPU and various GPU
solutions. Some of the differences are quite significant.
(washed out, jaggies)

Their conclusion: "For the time being, the best option for quick,
high-quality video transcoding is unfortunately to buckle down,
get yourself a fast CPU, and run the best software encoder you
can find (which may be Handbrake)."

It is unfortunate that they chose to scale the output, preventing
comparison with the actual original. And I didn't see any mention
of AMD/ATI's UVD or Broadcom's Crystal HD.

Still, does anyone disagree with their conclusion? Will using the
CPU always be the best choice for quality, or does the GPU
software just need improvement? Implications for OGP?
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