[mythtv-users] PVR 250's OEM on ebay for $88

[Scott Pouliot]

Sorry I worded that wrong....the 350 has the decoder as opposed to no
decoder in the 250.  Is it worth the extra $$$? 

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Will Dormann
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:57 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] PVR 250's OEM on ebay for $88

At 01:02 AM 1/3/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought the 250 had the decoder, but not the encoder like the 350?  
>That's the major difference isn't it?  Is the encoder really worth the
extra $100?
>I know the 350 sells for a good chunk more than the 250.... 

The Freestyle, 250, and 350 have hardware encoding.   That's the whole
point of the cards.
The Freestyle, 350 and early 250 models have hardware decoding in addition
to the above.  (Though I'm not aware of any driver that takes advantage of
the decoding in the Freestyle and 250R1 cards) The 350 has TV-out in
addition to the above.


-WD