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<blockquote data-quote="Tech Geek" data-source="post: 165667" data-attributes="member: 18181">Which is it... 1 GHz or 1.5 GHz C7?&nbsp; You list both.&nbsp; Both are *probably* too slow for HDTV.&nbsp; Look at the media portal suggested requirements for even standard TV and it isn't any too fast.&nbsp; The choice of using C# for media portal ups the CPU requirements quite a bit and if I were to knock anything about media portal... that would be it. The audio output sounds ok (no pun intended).Unichrome Pro II Graphics.&nbsp; Hmmm... that's a big unknown.&nbsp; They were promising HDTV support but it depends on how much built in hardware acceleration of video/audio features it includes and if it works with the way MediaPortal does things.&nbsp; It may work just fine if the software is specifically written for it.This is totally a wild guess but...Non-interlaced files that do not have to be scaled up or down to match the screen resolution *may* work.&nbsp; I say that because the CPU won't have to do as much.&nbsp; But *ANY* video scaling or deinterlacing will bring the thing to it's knees.You should be able to listen to music and watch DVDs or DVD rips on such a system just fine with the proper settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tech Geek, post: 165667, member: 18181"] Which is it... 1 GHz or 1.5 GHz C7? You list both. Both are *probably* too slow for HDTV. Look at the media portal suggested requirements for even standard TV and it isn't any too fast. The choice of using C# for media portal ups the CPU requirements quite a bit and if I were to knock anything about media portal... that would be it. The audio output sounds ok (no pun intended). Unichrome Pro II Graphics. Hmmm... that's a big unknown. They were promising HDTV support but it depends on how much built in hardware acceleration of video/audio features it includes and if it works with the way MediaPortal does things. It may work just fine if the software is specifically written for it. This is totally a wild guess but... Non-interlaced files that do not have to be scaled up or down to match the screen resolution *may* work. I say that because the CPU won't have to do as much. But *ANY* video scaling or deinterlacing will bring the thing to it's knees. You should be able to listen to music and watch DVDs or DVD rips on such a system just fine with the proper settings. [/QUOTE]

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