Re: HD Beckons...

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like "keep it simple for the masses" nonsense to me. 
My HTPC has
a fanless MSI Geforce 7300GS with DVI and HDMI outputs (and only £65
too!).  It doesn't quite have the power to do 1080p decoding in
hardware, but the CPU (Core2Duo 6400) can do it instead at only 30%
utilization.  I guess you might need to connect it to a monitor at
first, since the card doesn't list the HD resolutions by default (the
Nvidia drivers let you add your own custom one, though).

This means I can't play HDDVDs using the official "HDCP
compliant"
route, but then why the hell should I pay extra just to implement DRM
for someone else's benefit?

So instead I use AnyDVDHD to do on-the-fly decryption, or rip the disk
to the server hard drive for streaming instead.

Mal



Ian Lowe wrote:

> Well, after much complaining, I finally decided that it was time to
> get HD.
>
> My Sky HD box should arrive in the next day or so, and I hung the
> shiny new Samsung 46" LCD TV on the wall yesterday.
>
> Very impressed by XBMC over component video - good lord that's sharp
> and bright - DVDs look truly stunning on this TV.. but I am hoping to
> hook up a PC to the screen.
>
> It has a VGA input, but I was thinking that DVI > HDMI should give
a
> better signal: however, the TV's manual says "don't attempt to
> connect the HDMI/DVI port to a PC or laptop graphics card, as this
> will result in a black screen".
>
> eh?
>
> Have I misunderstood something, or is this right? Can't you use a
> DVI - HDMI cable to plug a PC into an HDMI telly?
>
>