[mythtv-users] extreme newbie questions

[Chris Delis]

On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 05:07:02PM -0500, David Brieck Jr. wrote:
> On Thursday 01 January 2004 01:19 pm, Richard Legault wrote:
> > The PVR bug has bitten me and I am in search of a method.
> >
> > I have joined this mailing list in a quest for a "stable" method of time
> > shifting television.
> >
> > I have a spare box here (2GHz Celeron, 128M RAM) with nearly nothing else
> > in it of note.
> >
> > I am considering the Hauppauge PVR 350 card. (I think I would like to
> > record two shows at once, I will consider adding a card. Is it realistic to
> > add a card for this purpose?)
> 
> Why the 350? Probably one of the only reasons to spend the extra jack on the 
> 350 would be that you don't have enough processor power to decode or you 
> don't want to buy a video card with tv out in which case you'll run X through 
> the tv out of the 350.

Nah.  One fo the only reasons I got the card is because it exhibits
correct interlacing to my TV.  So far, I am not aware of any other TVOUT
card that does (if so, please share!).  I had plenty of CPU using my
nVidia FX5200 for TVOUT, but compared to the 350, I can never go back!