On Tuesday 13 June 2006 17:11, Chris MacDonald wrote:
> Hi...
>
> I've currently got a PVR 150 (Roslyn, cx88-based so it runs the v4l
> driver) but I find the picture quality is absolutely horrendous. To
> be honest I haven't tried playing much with any kind of image
> settings, though mostly because I don't know where to start. If
> memory serves
This may be much improved soon: I'm creating a cx2341x module for v4l2
that is used by ivtv, cx88 and pvrusb2. From the cx88 developer I heard
that using that shared module improves the quality substantially.
>
> A while ago I got a PVR 500 but it ended up being DOA. I just
> returned it for credit and haven't played around much with a new
> tuner since. I'm ready to buy again and I'm mainly curious as to the
> difference in picture quality between the 500 and the 250. I'm aware
> of the differences in hardware, and I'd assume that the 250 is
> slightly better-supported due mostly to the fact that it's been
> around longer. Mainly though, I'm just trying to decide if the
> picture quality of the 250 and driver maturity for this card
> outweighs the swanky dual-tuner action on the 500. I don't *require*
> two tuners, but it would definitely be nice if there's no difference
> in quality between the 500 and the 250. Additionally, the remote with
> the 250 isn't required as I already have an MCE remote (yes, I did
> run MCE 2005 before this *hangs head in shame* ;D).
>
> Apologies if this is long-winded or turns into a battle of opinion,
> just trying to decide what would serve my needs best.
Main problems with PVR500 is that the signal is split over two tuners,
so that will reduce the signal strength, and that IMHO the tuner
quality seems to be less than the PVR150/250/350. Also, the PVR500
cards with a Samsung tuner need special programming that has only
recently been discovered.
For me my PVR350 gives superior picture quality. On my PVR500 I only get
decent quality for channels with a strong signal.
Hans
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