There is also no ability to overlay guide data to the PVR-350, so using it in a TV scenario is silly at best....
On Nov 20, 2007 11:13 AM, -ray <ray at ops.selu.edu> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
