[mythtv] WinTV PVR-250 (hardware mpeg encoder)

Matt Zimmerman mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Fri Jan 10 00:37:19 EST 2003


On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 03:14:35PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:

> It's easy to assume that the 250 must be better because it's
> newer or more expensive or is in a bigger box but is there any
> quantitative proof that it more accurately samples the input
> signal?

There is not, and you'll find that the manufacturer does not market it as
such either.  The only substantial benefit of the WinTV-PVR-250 is that it
includes a hardware MPEG-1/2 encoder.

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 - mdz



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