[mythtv-users] WinTV PVR Cards

Shawn core at enodev.com
Wed Jul 23 13:02:01 EDT 2003


After trying out a WinPVR, I feel like hardware decoding isn't worth the
instability of ivtv.

I'd rather get a couple Athlon XP 1700+, overclock them, SMP hack them,
and build a nice mpeg4 compressing MythTV box.

For info on the Athlon XP 1700+ => Dual Athlon MP 2400+ stuff, go
here:[H]ardForum - 4GHz of SMP CPU Goodness for  $300 shipped
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=623190

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:43, Robert Empfield wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> Finally got MythTv up and running.  Right now all I can do is view the 
> Weather, but that is ok.  I still have to configure the rest and play round 
> with the program has well.
> 
> Anyway, I would like to purchase a video caputre card for this system 
> because I think I am going to stick with MythTV.  Would I be better off with 
> the WinTV PVR 250 or should I go with the PVR 350?  I know that the hardware 
> decoder in the PVR 350 is not supported so would purchasing this one be a 
> waste of money?  Will the decoder to be supported soon?
> 
> Thanks.
> Rob
> 
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