Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-29 Thread Tony Grant
Le jeudi 29 novembre 2007 à 17:05 +, Chris Jones a écrit : > > Has anyone tried VGA out at 1600x1050 on a FullHD (Sony Bravia for > > example)? If so what does it look like. > > I've used a PC connected to a 40" Bravia via DVI and it was pretty damn > good. If you sat far enough away you coul

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-29 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Tony Grant wrote: > Has anyone tried VGA out at 1600x1050 on a FullHD (Sony Bravia for > example)? If so what does it look like. I've used a PC connected to a 40" Bravia via DVI and it was pretty damn good. If you sat far enough away you could use it comfortably as a monitor. Up close and the

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-23 Thread JJussi
On Thursday, 22. Novemberta 2007 22:21:36 VDR User wrote: > Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine > and are less expensive. Here at Finland.. We don't have any analog transmitions anymore.. We are full digital.. ;-) -- JJussi ___

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
VDR User wrote: > Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine > and are less expensive. Everyone else was buying them ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Kartsa
VDR User kirjoitti: > On Nov 22, 2007 11:46 AM, Alasdair Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At the point when my cards stop >> receiving a signal I might start worrying about being 'left behind'. >> > > Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine > and are le

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread VDR User
On Nov 22, 2007 11:46 AM, Alasdair Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the point when my cards stop > receiving a signal I might start worrying about being 'left behind'. Just curious... Why did you buy a dvb card? Antennas work just fine and are less expensive. ___

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Beside all that, I do believe VDR needs to integrate H264 & HD recording, along with support built-in for multiple frontends. Hopefully I can lend a hand with the coding (in about 6 years). ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cg

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
VDR User wrote: > On Nov 22, 2007 7:30 AM, Füley István <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> To be clear: I did not say, that we don't need HD at all. I just said, >> that normal TV stations should stay in SD, and only a couple of premium >> (PPV, etc) channels should go HD. But the situation is more clea

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, VDR User wrote: > Btw, do you still prefer music on cassette tape? ;) (just kidding) No, I never liked casette tapes. But I prefer LPs instead of CDs... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread VDR User
On Nov 22, 2007 7:30 AM, Füley István <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be clear: I did not say, that we don't need HD at all. I just said, > that normal TV stations should stay in SD, and only a couple of premium > (PPV, etc) channels should go HD. But the situation is more clear: not me > is gonna

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Kartsa
Tony Grant kirjoitti: > >>> You forgot to add the €20,000 building an extension to your house, if >>> you don't want your living room to be dominated by a 42" diagonal piece >>> of plastic. >>> > > Lucky me my living room is huge! > You really do not need a huge living room for 42". I'v

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Lauri Tischler wrote: > Alasdair Campbell wrote: >> Lauri Tischler wrote: >>> Not really, FullHD also means large, minimum 42", it is quite senseless >>> to to watch good picture on a postcard, so you start at €1500 >> You forgot to add the €20,000 building an extension to your house, if >> you d

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Tony Grant
Le jeudi 22 novembre 2007 à 17:41 +0200, Lauri Tischler a écrit : > >>> But to buy a 1000+ Euro TV set? That's another reason for me to stay SD. > >> Not really, FullHD also means large, minimum 42", it is quite senseless > >> to to watch good picture on a postcard, so you start at €1500 Has any

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Lauri Tischler
Alasdair Campbell wrote: > Lauri Tischler wrote: >> Füley István wrote: Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... >>> Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being "average" as I >>> stated before,

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Gregoire Favre wrote: > First you could try it on a computer monitor : tremendous !!! Yes, I did it once, about two years ago, on a 24" CRT monitor I tried Euro1080, or something like this, it was DVB-S, MPEG2, but unfortunately my CPU has not enough power to decode it flaw

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Alasdair Campbell
Lauri Tischler wrote: > Füley István wrote: >>> Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a >>> resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... >> Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being "average" as I >> stated before, therefore my considerations abo

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Lauri Tischler
Füley István wrote: >> Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a >> resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... > > Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being "average" as I > stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Gregoire Favre
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 03:08:22PM +0200, Füley István wrote: > Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being "average" as I > stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong. AFAIK HDready are going to disapear... > But to buy a 1000+ Euro TV set? That's an

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
> Oops, that's really not so good... one can't comment about HDTV with a > resolution which is not full HDTV : 1920x1080... Ok, this means that my setup is a low-end instead of being "average" as I stated before, therefore my considerations about HDTV was totally wrong. But to buy a 1000+ Euro T

Re: [vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Gregoire Favre
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:56:10PM +0200, Füley István wrote: > Hello list, > > I followed the recent messages about the future of VDR with great interest > . > I would like to share my recent experiences about HDTV. As I consider > myself to be open for "new technologies" like HDTV is now, I rec

[vdr] HDTV - 2B or not 2B

2007-11-22 Thread Füley István
Hello list, I followed the recent messages about the future of VDR with great interest . I would like to share my recent experiences about HDTV. As I consider myself to be open for "new technologies" like HDTV is now, I recently bought an HDTV receiver. It doesn't matter who produced it, I th