[mythtv-users] Re: PVR 350 vs PVR 250?

[Grant Edwards]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 02:25:27PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> >>Since the PVR-350 isn't a true video card (it just has a
> >>framebuffer),
> >>
> >Just curious: what are the requirements for something to be a
> >"true video card"?
>
> OK.  Maybe a bad choice of words, but I was trying to indicate
> that the card was not designed to fulfill the role of a video
> card, so Hauppauge left out some capabilities/circuitry that
> are present on even the least expensive video cards available
> today.

Fair enough.  I was just wondering which features were the
critical ones.  The main thing it's missing (IMO) is a
text-mode that's usable by BIOS during boot.

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com