[vdr] Re: VDR and LCD-TV

[Thomas Glomann <mailinglists@glomann.de>]

I also have a Epia-M 6000 (all passive cooled),  with a Rev. 1.6 board. 

> - would it make sense to get a Rev. 1.3/1.5/1.6 card to try the RGB signal?
>
Probably yes, I have a RGB cable connected to an old 'standard' tv. excellent 
quality with RBG. But I don't know if it is sufficient enough for a high 
quality LCD display..

> - is it possible to use the onboard VGA (and the onboard MPEG decoder of
> the Epia-M) with VDR? Would that improve quality?
hm, never tried the onboard VGA.. but should provide real good quality on an 
LCD display.
>
> - is it possible to use any VGA-card with DVI with VDR? Is the
> EPIA-M6000 (600 MHz) powerful enough to do the MPEG decoding (from
> Sat-TV *and* DVD/(s)VCD?
haven't tried softdecoding with my Epia so far. it is on my to-do list... :)

> - as the EPIA has only one PCI slot, the question above becomes a bit
> obsolete :-)
Now, here I can help you !  You can double the amount of PCI slots using a 
Riser-card. I got one at ebay for some Euros. The Riser card provides two 
PCI-slots at a 90 degrees angle to the onboard PCI slot. You can imagine it 
like an 'F'. So the question does not become obsolete indeed. 
>
> - I want an absolutely noiseless VDR system, which means passively
> cooled CPU. But I'd need two PCI slots (one for DVB card, one for VGA).
> Are there such boards available?
The Epia-M is already your friend. I even use a passively cooled PSU with 
it...
>
> Any other ideas/hints?
Please keep us updated once you achieved your goals. 
>
>
> TIA, Michael


greetings, 
Tom