Don't think so. Honestly, trying to watch an HDTV broadcast on my 2.4Ghz Celeron was pushing it. The audio and video never quite came in together. Standard def channels are fine for lower spec hardware. Keep in mind, those are the *minimum* requirements. I wouldn't recommend anything less than a 2Ghz or equivalent CPU for full HDTV. The exception to that would be if you're taking advantage of hardware acceleration on an Nvidia card. That may make it workable.
--- Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a good alternative! > > Low profile is what I was looking for, due to the case I want > to put it > in, and I don't think I could do that on the PVR 350 given its > two > coaxial i/o. I do like a hardware card with more meat. > > Think this card would work with a 1.2 GHz celeron? Its at the > spec low end. > > Brian > > Michael Miller wrote: > > If you going to spend $128 you might as well pay an extra > dollar for a > > HD-5500 ( http://www.pchdtv.com/ ). > > > > The HD-5500 is a fully Linux supported video capture card > that does > > software encoding/decoding. This card does not and will not > support > > the broadcast flag. > > > > I have a HD-3000 card and enjoy it. > > > > Mike Miller > > > > On 9/4/06, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I see that WinTV PVR 350 is $128 at Mwave. That doesn't > seem too bad a > >> price. I just want to view OPB programs and maybe be able > to save some > >> to DVD. Is this doable? > >> > >> Is MPEG2 good enough to playback a Nature show with some > quality? I'm > >> tired of the flaky video quality experience. > >> > >> Mr O wrote: > >> > The latest MythTV (0.19) raves about the capabilities of > the 350 > >> > (nice TV out). The 350 is the *only* Hauppauge card with > >> > HARDWARE encoding and DECODING. The 150 and the 250 are > the same > >> > in features supporting only hardware encoding. I believe > the 150 > >> > is just a cheaper PCB. > >> > > >> > I'm hoping to *finally* setup a MythTV box with my ATI > HDTV > >> > Wonder in the next few weeks. My primary purpose isn't > for TV > >> > though since I don't watch the stuff. I'd like to be able > to rip > >> > my DVD collection and be able to browse and watch > anything I > >> > want with proper surround sound and a properly scaled > picture > >> > on my little plasma via VGA or Component input. Time will > tell > >> > if I get it done soon or not. > >> > > >> > That be all, > >> > Mr O. > >> > > >> > > >> > --- Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> I thought that benefit of the wintv-pvr model# 350 was > also a > >> >> major gripe -- > >> >> if I read right (disclaimer: somewhere, a while ago!) > you can > >> >> *only* get > >> >> mpeg2 video out of this card... does anyone have one and > know > >> >> if you can get > >> >> the raw video, to do your own encoding with? That is, > as > >> >> opposed to > >> >> decoding the mpeg2 stream, then re-encoding it (yuck, > with the > >> >> mpeg2 > >> >> artifacts, although I guess you could set that to the > highest > >> >> quality)... > >> >> so if this is true, it would depend on your desired > usage. > >> >> NewEgg doesn't > >> >> seem to carry the 350, although they have various 150 > models > >> >> ($53-$85), with > >> >> and without remotes. Even a low-profile 150 model, > nice! > >> >> Amazon has the > >> >> 350 for $134. The model# 500 has dual mpeg > encoders&tuners. > >> >> > >> >> cheerio, > >> >> > >> >> Ben > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > __________________________________________________ > >> > Do You Yahoo!? > >> > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > >> > http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > EUGLUG mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> EUGLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
