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    Can a netbook handle 1080i from HDTV USB tuner?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by theneighborrkid, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. theneighborrkid

    theneighborrkid Notebook Evangelist

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    ^ Just wondering, minimum requirements:
    For TimeShift and Record in MPEG-2
    - Pentium Mobile 1.8GHz
    - Pentium 4 2.6GHz (Hyper-Threading)
    - AMD AthlonXP 2400+
    Analog TV on MCE platform
    - Pentium 4 3.0G or Equal AMD CPU
    For H.264 Recording
    - Pentium 4 3.0GHz with HT (Hyper-Threading) or Equivalent AMD Processor for Analog TV
    - Intel Dual Core 1.6GHz or Equivalent AMD processor for Digital HDTV

    So do any netbooks have the processing capability to just WATCH 1080i, not record it... And just making sure, I'd have to have it hooked up to an external monitor/HDTV to watch 1080i
     
    theneighborrkid, Jan 25, 2009
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  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Asus N10J might be, because of its GeForce 9300M GS and the ability to offload video decoding to it instead of the CPU.
    Otherwise, the GMA 950 in most Atom platforms won't give any assistance, and the Atom CPU itself might not be up to snuff.
     
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Any of the GMA netbooks:
    I would say no. I can do 720P with no issue on my EEE, but it does lag a bit in very fast scenes. If you overclocked it, then possibly, but do not count on it.
     
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    I have been able to get it to play 1080p smoothly
     
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    An Atom processor may lag a little bit in decoding H.264/MPEG4 streams at 1080p, but it should do fine with MPEG2. Therefore it depends on the TV tuner’s encoding format. I think most tuners use MPEG2 (they have to use some sort of a hardware encoder, otherwise USB2 bandwidth is not sufficient to take in an uncompressed 1080p video stream). Do you have details about the tuner ?

    If you are only going to watch TV (but not record) and use an external monitor/TV, then why go through a netbook at all? Instead you can get a tuner that can be directly hooked to a TV or a Monitor.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 25, 2009
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