On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Yeechang Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ylee@pobox.com">ylee@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I watch AVSForum's HD-PVR forum for Windows users. Intermixed with the<br>
numerous messages detailing forum members' ever more-convoluted ways<br>
of recording and watching their TV shows--Rube Goldberg-like setups<br>
that would make any MythTV user alternately burst out in laughter and<br>
shake his head in pity---are many reports of how horsepower-dependent<br>
HD-PVR recordings are, even for Core 2 Duo owners using CoreAVC. In<br>
other words, despite their having PureVision already, things don't<br>
seem to be any better performancewise on that side on the pond.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>CoreAVC is software only decoding right now. They have "coming eventually" for GPU assisted, but if you're using CoreAVC you are NOT using PureVideo, and are simply doing software decoding.<br>
<br>There is no comparison to be had.<br>