[mythtv-users] PVR-350 versus PVR-500

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 19:22:37 UTC 2005


On 6/13/05, Steve Nuffer <nuffersp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> First, I haven't tried to build MythTV yet.  I need to purchase a capture
> card.  My proof of concent system isn't the greatest but I'm willing to
> spend some $$ on a card. 
> 
> The PVR 500 is currently $40 cheaper then the PVR 350 at Amazon.  The
> manufacture's web site doesn't compare them all that well.  For those with
> more experience, which would you buy? 
> 
> Do they both have the same hardware decoding for the PCs that lack the
> resources? 
> 
> Remote on the 350
> Dual capture on the 500. 
> 

The PVR-350 has hardware encoding for the MPEG2 output on S-Video. 
The PVR-500 does not.


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