[mythtv-users] extreme newbie questions

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Jan 1, 2004, at 14:37, Chris Delis wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:07:02PM -0500, David Brieck Jr. wrote:
>> On Thursday 01 January 2004 01:19 pm, Richard Legault wrote:
>>> The PVR bug has bitten me and I am in search of a method.
>>>
>>> I have joined this mailing list in a quest for a "stable" method of 
>>> time
>>> shifting television.
>>>
>>> I have a spare box here (2GHz Celeron, 128M RAM) with nearly nothing 
>>> else
>>> in it of note.
>>>
>>> I am considering the Hauppauge PVR 350 card. (I think I would like to
>>> record two shows at once, I will consider adding a card. Is it 
>>> realistic to
>>> add a card for this purpose?)
>>
>> Why the 350? Probably one of the only reasons to spend the extra jack 
>> on the
>> 350 would be that you don't have enough processor power to decode or 
>> you
>> don't want to buy a video card with tv out in which case you'll run X 
>> through
>> the tv out of the 350.
>
> Nah.  One fo the only reasons I got the card is because it exhibits
> correct interlacing to my TV.  So far, I am not aware of any other 
> TVOUT
> card that does (if so, please share!).  I had plenty of CPU using my
> nVidia FX5200 for TVOUT, but compared to the 350, I can never go back!

I'd be curious to see how the 350's TV-Out compares to a 
progressive-scan signal fed to a High-Def set... Perhaps I'll just have 
to break down and buy a 350... Try it out hooked to my HDTV, then move 
it to the TV upstairs w/my remote FE... =]

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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