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Posted by Fibonacci on Jun-01-2008 01:56:

HDTV & Home Theater PCs

So I'm looking to get a 50+" flat screen, and a home theater pc - rip all my dvds, do a media center type of thing...

So my question is, AMD boards have several that come with onboard HDMI. Anyone know how onboard graphics & such relates to dvd quality and screen quality for movie watching? I really won't need it for anything more than watching movies, so gaming is not really an issue...

Posted by biznology on Jun-05-2008 22:11:

if the onboard is nvidia, it might be worth looking into. with any video a separate card as almost universally better. it doesnt have to be a gaming card, but a decent standalone HDMI card will offer more res options, software controls in most cases, plus it doesnt tax the system as much by borrowing system memory, etc|

Posted by Zeiben on Jun-24-2008 04:31:

Make sure anything you buy with HDMI has the HDCP compliance logo/classification. I hate it, you hate it, everyone hates it... but if you want it to work with any sort of HD disk you need it.

Posted by TigerClaw on Jun-28-2008 20:36:

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Originally posted by Zeiben
Make sure anything you buy with HDMI has the HDCP compliance logo/classification. I hate it, you hate it, everyone hates it... but if you want it to work with any sort of HD disk you need it.

As much as we all hate it, It also have problems. Many people with certain HDTVs with HDMI have the handshake issue when using HDMI. You would have to power cycle in order for it to work.

Posted by spanglo on Jul-03-2008 00:08:

Check out AMD 780G. I have an AMD 4850e on a Biostar mobo that plays everything w/ the onboard ATI graphics. Even super high bitrate 1080p HD movies, regardless of type of encode, look perfect with no stuttering.

The Biostar board doesn't have HDMI tho, but I just bought a DVI to HDMI cable for 5 bucks and it works great. I think all the other 780G boards have HDMI if that's an issue.

Posted by bluE_Neon on Oct-16-2008 16:34:

Re: HDTV & Home Theater PCs

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Originally posted by Fibonacci
So my question is, AMD boards have several that come with onboard HDMI. Anyone know how onboard graphics & such relates to dvd quality and screen quality for movie watching? I really won't need it for anything more than watching movies, so gaming is not really an issue...

It's better to get an seperate HDMI outlet and that's from a graphics card. There has been issues with functionality with onboard HDMI due to GPU/PCI-Ex16 slots. Some of them don't communicate well. Most Nvidia 9800's & up & most ATi 3870's & up models do have native HDMI outlet.