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<blockquote data-quote="htpcman" data-source="post: 8773" data-attributes="member: 10386">@ FrodoThanks for your comments on the speed issues. Regarding resolutions I would like to point out the following:- Flat screen TFT TVs in the 26&quot;~30&quot; range will fall below €1000 within this year. Already some discount stores offer certain deals for €999,-- - Most of these displays have a High Definition (HD) 720p native resolution of 1280x720 pixels and DVI or analog VGA inputs.- They also have component inputs for HD.These displays will become very popular within the next 5 years and will replace normal CRT TV sets. Therefore, it would be a good idea to make MP compatible with this sort of display.&nbsp; TV sets with native resolutions of 720x576 will slowly dissappear from the market. The same goes for projectors I regularly use a loaned JVC DLA-SX21 to watch HD. This device has a native resolution of 1400x1050 and provides superb quality.&nbsp; Again projectors with resolutions much higher than standard TV&nbsp; are becoming more and more affordable.Therefore it would be nice if development would not be centered on the TV native resolution.by the way for the HD playback setup I currently have to drag my main PC (P4 2.8 GHz) to the living room since the Celeron 1300 based htpc is not fast enough to play HD. Therefore I am planning to upgrade my PC in the living room to a P4 also pretty soon. But from my tests run on the existing P4 machine I still think there is room for improvement. regarding speed.Please don't get me wrong I am planning to stick with MP for a long time and I like it very much. I am just asking to see things from different perspectives to get the best possible application.Cheershtpcman</blockquote>

[QUOTE="htpcman, post: 8773, member: 10386"] @ Frodo Thanks for your comments on the speed issues. Regarding resolutions I would like to point out the following: - Flat screen TFT TVs in the 26"~30" range will fall below €1000 within this year. Already some discount stores offer certain deals for €999,-- - Most of these displays have a High Definition (HD) 720p native resolution of 1280x720 pixels and DVI or analog VGA inputs. - They also have component inputs for HD. These displays will become very popular within the next 5 years and will replace normal CRT TV sets. Therefore, it would be a good idea to make MP compatible with this sort of display. TV sets with native resolutions of 720x576 will slowly dissappear from the market. The same goes for projectors I regularly use a loaned JVC DLA-SX21 to watch HD. This device has a native resolution of 1400x1050 and provides superb quality. Again projectors with resolutions much higher than standard TV are becoming more and more affordable. Therefore it would be nice if development would not be centered on the TV native resolution. by the way for the HD playback setup I currently have to drag my main PC (P4 2.8 GHz) to the living room since the Celeron 1300 based htpc is not fast enough to play HD. Therefore I am planning to upgrade my PC in the living room to a P4 also pretty soon. But from my tests run on the existing P4 machine I still think there is room for improvement. regarding speed. Please don't get me wrong I am planning to stick with MP for a long time and I like it very much. I am just asking to see things from different perspectives to get the best possible application. Cheers htpcman [/QUOTE]

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