[mythtv-users] Any difference which MX440 card I get?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Mar 19, 2004, at 22:11, malcolm wrote:

> I'm currently using a PVR-350 for TV out but would like to switch to a  
> MX440
> type solution so I can play back DVDs too.  I was browsing  
> www.newegg.com
> tonight and I see Chaintech and PNY brand cards with MX440.  Is there  
> any
> difference or reason to choose one over the other?
>
> These are the two I'm looking at:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-145 
> -066&depa=1
> and
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-133 
> -086&depa=1
>
> The Chaintech's are only $44 and the PNY is $76.  Is this a case of  
> "you get
> what you paid for"?  Will one have a better TV out over the other?

I have three Chaintechs and two PNYs, no problem with any of them. Some  
cards use slightly different TV-Out encoders, but I've never had a  
problem with either of those brands. That being the case, I'd save some  
$ and get the Chaintech.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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