I can certainly understand your hesitation on the HD decision. An alternate choice would be to investigate the specs on the CableCo's provided HD set-top box. If I recall correctly, there is a mandate (perhaps US only?) that requires HD set-top boxes have a firewire connection, essentially giving you an mpeg2 stream from the HD box. At the very least, this would give you an opportunity to experiment with the better quality signal, without having to purchase any equipment, save the rental costs of the box.
Good luck at any rate! joey ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:42 pm Subject: Re: [ivtv-users] Hauppauge PVR 150/500 vs 250 To: User discussion about IVTV <[email protected]> > > Thanks. With regards to the 500 this is what I've come to > understand as well; two 150's, occasionally different hardware that > leads to some driver issues... occasionally ;). > > Yeah, I'd love to look into an HD card but in my part of the world > (SW Ontario, Canada) the only way to get HD is to buy a terminal > from the cable company and pay the applicable monthly surcharge > (something I'm not ready to do quite yet), there is no OTA HD in my > area (at least not currently). With a standard for HD distribution > so up in the air where I live I'm hesitant to buy any connectivity- > related hardware ATM. Regardless, your suggestion does have me > thinking. > Thanks for the input, > Chris > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:07:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm the current, and happy, owner of a PVR-500MCE, and I have to > admit> that I'm satisfied by the picture quality. I've heard > numerous times > > before that the PVR-500 is basically just 2 150's on a single > card, and > > while that might be the case, I cannot complain about quality. > > > > Having said that, however, I seem to see a number of issues with > people> running the PVR-500 with the Samsung chipset. I cannot > speak for the > > quality of that card, as I'm running a PVR-500 with the Conexant > (sp?)> chipset. > > > > As for the 250, or even the 350, I cannot honestly provide any > input.> Previously I had recommended a friend purchase the 250, as > I was having > > a slew of problems (early on) with my 500, but have since > corrected. He > > has never actually bought either card and cannot offer input. > > > > Having said all that (and being long-winded myself) I'd also > invite you > > to investigate getting an HD card. I believe that will be my next > > purchase, although not having a HD monitor I am planning on using > that> simply as a way to capture at the highest possible image > quality, and > > then transcode back to DVD quality, to be played on my television. > > > > Just my 2 cents... > > > > joey > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chris MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:17 am > > Subject: [ivtv-users] Hauppauge PVR 150/500 vs 250 > > To: [email protected] > > > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ivtv-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ivtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
