I don't need HD so standard def is fine.
How about an AMD 1800+ 1.53 GHz and a Nvidia G4 4200Ti, think I could
pull that off?
Low profile is negated on this case. So, now PVR 350 vs HD-5500?
Mr O wrote:
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
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