I'm looking at setting up a MediaPortal-based HTPC instead of buying a HD-capable DVR.
Since I'll be powering a 1080p LCD screen, I have a few questions about MediaPortal's HD capabilities:
- Does MediaPortal support MPEG4-encoded DVB-C TV (which is the standard for HD cable in Germany)?
- Does MediaPortal support recording TV content in HD?
- Does MediaPortal support HD content (e.g. pay-TV) that requires to be output through an HDCP-protected digital output?
- How well is MediaPortal able to upscale SD content to 1080p?
- Is MediaPortal able to automatically switch screen refresh rate depending on the video content played back (e.g. 50p when playing PAL video/DVD, 60p when playing NTSC video/DVD, 24p when playing Blu-ray/HD-DVD?
- How can I play DVDs from any region on MediaPortal (i.e. make it code-free)?
- Does MediaPortal allow me to manually set a delay on the audio to lip-sync it to the video? (I am just asking this because most new HD-DVD and Blu-ray players support this since it's a part of the HDMI 1.3 standard.)
- Is it possible yet to play back HD-DVDs / Blu-ray discs in MediaPortal? EDIT: [thread=23759]Seems like somebody's working on integrating a software player by ArcSoft for HD-DVD and BD[/thread]
What kind of graphics card would you recommend for all this?
Since I'll be powering a 1080p LCD screen, I have a few questions about MediaPortal's HD capabilities:
- Does MediaPortal support MPEG4-encoded DVB-C TV (which is the standard for HD cable in Germany)?
- Does MediaPortal support recording TV content in HD?
- Does MediaPortal support HD content (e.g. pay-TV) that requires to be output through an HDCP-protected digital output?
- How well is MediaPortal able to upscale SD content to 1080p?
- Is MediaPortal able to automatically switch screen refresh rate depending on the video content played back (e.g. 50p when playing PAL video/DVD, 60p when playing NTSC video/DVD, 24p when playing Blu-ray/HD-DVD?
- How can I play DVDs from any region on MediaPortal (i.e. make it code-free)?
- Does MediaPortal allow me to manually set a delay on the audio to lip-sync it to the video? (I am just asking this because most new HD-DVD and Blu-ray players support this since it's a part of the HDMI 1.3 standard.)
- Is it possible yet to play back HD-DVDs / Blu-ray discs in MediaPortal? EDIT: [thread=23759]Seems like somebody's working on integrating a software player by ArcSoft for HD-DVD and BD[/thread]
What kind of graphics card would you recommend for all this?