[mythtv-users] Replacing dead PVR250

[Joe Votour]

Billy,

Fry's was selling the M179's a while back, but I don't
know what happened with that.  They may have sold out
of them, I'm not sure.  If not, then they'd probably
be around $50 (this is, of course, assuming you live
in the San Francisco Bay Area, if not, YMMV).

I don't know anything about the PVR150's, the IVTV
mailing list might be a better place to check. 
However, I would venture a guess that they're not
supported yet, and that their support will depend on
the chips on the new board.

I've used TV-Out on my PVR-350, and it is absolutely
stunning, it is perfect.  However, outside of the
TV-Out, there are issues that are keeping me from
using it as a TV-Out device.  If you have a fast
enough CPU, then you can playback almost any video
file without too many problems.

Next step for me, is trying out my XBox as a MythTV
frontend.  I don't play games on it too often, so it
makes sense (to me anyway) to try it out.

-- Joe

--- Billy Macdonald <whmac33 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>      My system has 3 PVR250's.  One has died so I
> was planning on 
> replacing it.   I have a couple of questions about
> other encoders.
> 
>      Does anyplace still sell avermedia 179's?  I
> wasn't able to find 
> anything new but did see a couple on ebay.
> 
>      Also does anyone know about the PVR150's on
> Hauppauge's site.
> 
>      Next, are there any issues with the PVR250MCE's
>  I have no desire 
> for the remote, I already have those.
> 
>      And finally,  what's the status of the TVOut on
> the 350's?  I have 
> a NVidia MX440 and video out seems fine.  Every now
> and then I watch a 
> DivX and I think this used to be a concern but
> stopped following the 
> lists for a while.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Billy
> 
> PS.  Is there an easy way to tell what card was used
> to record a show. 
> I eventually redirected mythbackend's output to a
> log file and record a 
> bunch of shows overnight to figure it out, just
> wanted to check to see 
> if this is stored in the db anywhere.
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