Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-26 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: ... I wish Klaus would upgrade some day to DVB-S2 and soft HDTV decoding :^) DVB-S2: sure, once there are DVB-S2 cards with hardware MPEG-4 decoding. Software HDTV decoding: I don't think so - that's what specialized and low power hardware chips are there for ;-) Klaus

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-26 Thread Seppo Ingalsuo
Simon Baxter wrote: Incidentally, is anyone out there using vdr-xine with HDTV? What kind of PC/hardware are you using? Any comments on quality etc?? Some DVB-S & MPEG-2 1080i demo channels still run on Sirius 5.0E. Works quite well with xine xxmc and 720p DVI/HDMI output to a LCD TV. The

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-25 Thread Simon Baxter
> Simon Baxter wrote: I have 3 DVB-s cards in one machine, 1 is a FF, the other 2 are budget. I run in softmode using softdevice 100% of the time. Even though I don't receive and HDTV at all, using the output of a VGA card into a LCD projector produces a much better pictu

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-25 Thread lamikr
Simon Baxter wrote: >>> I have 3 DVB-s cards in one machine, 1 is a FF, the other 2 are budget. >>> I run in softmode using softdevice 100% of the time. Even though I >>> don't receive and HDTV at all, using the output of a VGA card into a LCD >>> projector produces a much better picture. >>> >>>

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-25 Thread Simon Baxter
>> I have 3 DVB-s cards in one machine, 1 is a FF, the other 2 are budget. >> I run in softmode using softdevice 100% of the time. Even though I >> don't receive and HDTV at all, using the output of a VGA card into a LCD >> projector produces a much better picture. >> >> Displaying HDTV will need

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Simon Baxter
>> I'm confused. I thought component video was RGB? s-video uses luminance >> and chrominance, component uses RGB - am I wrong? >> > > Component video is "color difference", S video is very similar to > component, as there is a Y(luminance) but there are 2 color signals > instead of one (R and B

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Dave
Simon Baxter wrote: >> That card works fine, in fact its recommended by many vdr users. Here is >> the scoop. >> >> The card does NOT do HDTV decoding in hardware. It will do it in >> software assuming the modulation is QPSK, (it does NOT support 8PSK >> commonly used for HDTV at least here) The

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Simon Baxter
> > That card works fine, in fact its recommended by many vdr users. Here is > the scoop. > > The card does NOT do HDTV decoding in hardware. It will do it in > software assuming the modulation is QPSK, (it does NOT support 8PSK > commonly used for HDTV at least here) The card is used like a budg

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Dave
Simon Baxter wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I'm looking at getting the following from dvbshop.net >> >> Technotrend Remotecontrol SET >> Technotrend Technotrend "Dual Tuner" Package (Technotrend Premium S2300 >> (Rev >> 2.3) "modded") >> RGB/S-Video J2 Extension for Technotrend Premium (for component/RGB-out

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Richard Lithvall
Simon Baxter wrote: I'm looking at getting the following from dvbshop.net Technotrend Remotecontrol SET Technotrend Technotrend "Dual Tuner" Package (Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded") RGB/S-Video J2 Extension for Technotrend Premium (for component/RGB-out) Has anyone got any advi

Re: [vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Simon Baxter
> Hi. > > I'm looking at getting the following from dvbshop.net > > Technotrend Remotecontrol SET > Technotrend Technotrend "Dual Tuner" Package (Technotrend Premium S2300 > (Rev > 2.3) "modded") > RGB/S-Video J2 Extension for Technotrend Premium (for component/RGB-out) > > Has anyone got any ad

[vdr] anyone using Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded"

2006-08-24 Thread Simon Baxter
Hi. I'm looking at getting the following from dvbshop.net Technotrend Remotecontrol SET Technotrend Technotrend "Dual Tuner" Package (Technotrend Premium S2300 (Rev 2.3) "modded") RGB/S-Video J2 Extension for Technotrend Premium (for component/RGB-out) Has anyone got any advice on getting this w