[mythtv-users] dual tuner cards - ok to use same model?

[mark]

On Sunday 01 February 2004 09:28 pm, Joe Votour wrote:

> If you want the best picture quality, you'll probably
> get that with a PVR-250.  The image quality on my
> WinTV dbx, when I crank up the resolution to 640x480
> and the image quality to 215 (using RTJpeg) comes
> close, but it's still noticable.  Not to mention, the
> PVR-250 uses less than 5% of the CPU, and the WinTV
> dbx uses 30%+ (with my capture settings).

My WinTv 401 (dbx) picture quality is very impressive on MPEG4
4400 bitrate recording 544 x 480, I have a very clean Digital satellite
source and the recordings are nearly indistinguishable.  I am running
a very fast CPU though.  AMD Barton 2500+  Cpu usage is about 25-30%
when recording, about 2-3% viewing.
>
> It depends on how fast of a CPU you have, however,
> since you want dual-tuners, I highly recommend that
> you get at least one PVR-250, so that you can set the
> capture settings on the other card pretty high, and
> have enough CPU power left to record and playback.
>
> -- Joe
>
> --- Mike Jasper <e394td at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I'd like to build a MythTV box with dual tuner
> > cards.  I've read through
> > the archives about the difficulties with PVR-350
> > TV-out, so I'll
> > probably stick with dual PVR-250s and use onboard
> > video or an AGP card
> > for TV-out.  Will there be any problem with using
> > two of the same model
> > card in the system?  I see that Jarod used two
> > different brands in his
> > Fedora box.
> >
> > If there is a cheaper and better solution than using
> > dual PVR-250s, I'm
> > all ears.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > PS - Jarod and Rolando, thanks for your input on my
> > previous question.
> > I'm in digest mode so I can't properly reply to that
> > thread :-)
> >
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