[mythtv-users] WinTV PVR Cards
Shawn
core at enodev.com
Wed Jul 23 13:02:01 EDT 2003
After trying out a WinPVR, I feel like hardware decoding isn't worth the
instability of ivtv.
I'd rather get a couple Athlon XP 1700+, overclock them, SMP hack them,
and build a nice mpeg4 compressing MythTV box.
For info on the Athlon XP 1700+ => Dual Athlon MP 2400+ stuff, go
here:[H]ardForum - 4GHz of SMP CPU Goodness for $300 shipped
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=623190
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:43, Robert Empfield wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> Finally got MythTv up and running. Right now all I can do is view the
> Weather, but that is ok. I still have to configure the rest and play round
> with the program has well.
>
> Anyway, I would like to purchase a video caputre card for this system
> because I think I am going to stick with MythTV. Would I be better off with
> the WinTV PVR 250 or should I go with the PVR 350? I know that the hardware
> decoder in the PVR 350 is not supported so would purchasing this one be a
> waste of money? Will the decoder to be supported soon?
>
> Thanks.
> Rob
>
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