[brlug-general] mythtv box

[-ray]

While we're talking, for my myth box I bought a Hauppage PVR-350 since it 
also had a MPEG2 hardware decoder as well.  Well the MPEG2 files looked 
beautiful, but you could only watch MPEG2.  No divx/xvid or any other 
codec.  The Linux and Windows drivers are shotty at best, and myth support 
is becoming less and less.

So don't buy the PVR350... get a card with decent TV Out.

ray


On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, c.a. weisheit wrote:

> I was using a card I already had around the house. You get what you pay for. if you have a better tuner card for $13 please post the link for the rest of us.
> I also said I was looking at digital cards. I plan to upgrade very soon. If I am going to spend more money on a card I want it to work beyond the next two years.
>
> Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: um, stop right there.... WinTV Go (BTTV)  lacks hardware MPEG-2
> encoding, so your cpu will be wasted on that.  In addition, the
> quality of their analog tuner lags far behind that of the PVR (ivtv)
> models.
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2007 10:08 AM, c.a. weisheit  wrote:
>> for ed and others who asked about the mythtv box I brought to monday nights
>> meeting. This is the tuner I used. now selling for $13
>>
>> http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CRD10186
>
>
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