[mythtv-users] Best TV-Out Support
PAUL WILLIAMSON
pwilliamson at mandtbank.com
Fri Oct 22 19:20:21 UTC 2004
>>> asciimonster at myrealbox.com 10/22/04 6:33 AM >>>
>3. A TV-Card with intergrated TV-Out, such as the Hauppauge PVR 350. (I
>have one so I'm a bit biased)
>Advantages: Good image quality, bypasses monitor completely, so no
issues.
>Disadvantages: Expensive (think $200-300 per card), Set-up is still
>fiddelly (good HOWTO's are available & will get better ;-) )
And if you want to game at all, fahgettaboudit! I tried a
350, and while video was great, gaming was completely unplayable.
Not sure about the mpeg-4 abilities, but unsurpassed with mpeg-2.
I sold it a while back to a guy who loves it. He doesn't use it with
Myth however, so it was a sad day to see it go into a windows box :-(
Paul
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