[mythtv-users] ananolg tuner recommendations

[Fred Squires]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 January 2010 04:25:18 pm Mark wrote:
>
>> I don't know that it is cheaper to do it in cpu cycles or not, my gut
>> feel is not, seems like dedicated hardware
>> can do it with less watt input than cpu.
>>
> The manufacturers do not care about power efficiency for the end user. By
> "cheaper" I meant for the card makers.

It's usually cheaper up front for the consumer as well. When one is
$50 and another is $100, most people will pick up the cheaper card
without considering the reasons for the lower cost. My first card was
a bttv card, because it was cheap and I was just testing the waters.