Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Larrick
Brad Templeton wrote: On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:56:36PM -0600, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Doug Larrick wrote: It sure would be nice if it combined a MPEG2 encoder for the NTSC stuff along with the ATSC tuner wouldn't it? Watch your attributions ... those are not my words, and in fact I personally

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Preston Crow
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do some more research, as the HD-3000 doesn't MPEG encode anything. (ATSC is broadcast

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:08:04PM -0500, Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do some more

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Michael J. Lynch
Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do some more research, as the HD-3000 doesn't MPEG encode

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Kyle Rose
Michael J. Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's not what the pcHDTV website says. It specifically states that the card MPEG2 encoding. See the second line of paragraph 2 of the following link: HD-3000 at pcHDTV http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html The line I'm referencing is: The card

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Preston Crow
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 15:24, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do some

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Joseph A. Caputo
On Monday 20 December 2004 15:24, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Kyle Rose
And besides that, the truth is that the pchdtv.com drivers just plain suck. People are lucky to get ATSC working. Fully agreed. While I'm grateful to have any HDTV in my Myth box at all, I would generally expect something more polished for $180 a pop. However, since at this point it's the

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Michael J. Lynch
Doug Larrick wrote: Michael J. Lynch wrote: Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC? You need to go back and do some more

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Fred Squires
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:24:18 -0600, Michael J. Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Preston Crow wrote: On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:56, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Other than cost, is there any reason to choose a PVR250 over a pchdtv hd3000 since the latter can MPEG2 encode both NTSC and ATSC?

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 or HD3000?

2004-12-20 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:56:36PM -0600, Michael J. Lynch wrote: Doug Larrick wrote: It sure would be nice if it combined a MPEG2 encoder for the NTSC stuff along with the ATSC tuner wouldn't it? Nice, in the sense that any time a card puts two functions on it that you want it's nice, but