[mythtv-users] Newbie Video Capture Question

Jayson Garrell kyi at kyi.sytes.net
Thu Oct 30 13:31:22 EST 2003


On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 10:28, Cecil Watson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Brad Pinkston wrote:
> 
> >I'm planning on installing MythTV on a P4 2.0 GHz box with 512MB RAM.  Will
> >it be acceptable to use an ATI TV Wonder card for Video Capture or is the
> >performance so much better with a PVR-250(350) that the ATI card shouldn't
> >even be considered?
> >
> Compared to any bttv card, the PVR-x50 has better quality(for what I've 
> seen). 

Yes the the 2.4 p4 has more then enough power. I do agree, since I have
both bttv & pvr250, that the pvr250 has far better picture quality.

Jayson



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