[mythtv-users] 350 Tv Out vs. Nvidia 5200

[Brian Stults]

David Watkins wrote:
>>About a month after that, John Harvey released his XV driver for the
>>350's decoder, so I decided to give it a try.  Well, now I'm right back
>>where I started - using the 350's TV-out.  TV playback is still far
>>superior to the MX440 and FX5200.  It's flawless.  Perhaps even better
>>quality than going straight from my cable box.  Now, DVD playing is much
>>better than it used to be, and I would say it is equal to the quality I
>>was getting with my FX5200.  I can't remember for sure what my CPU usage
>>is when watching DVDs, but I think it was lower than with the FX5200.
>>Of course, just watching TV on it takes virtually no CPU.  Using the
>>latest 0.3.x drivers, I haven't had any stability problems.
>>
>>The PVR350 TV-out has come a long way in the past few months, so I
>>encourage anyone who gave up on it to give it another try.
> 
> 
> That's encouraging.  It seems I'm about a year behind you.  A couple
> of months ago I swapped my PVR350 for and MX440, just so I could
> retire my DVD player.  It looks like I could give my 350 another go.
> 
> Out of interest, what speed CPU are you running?

Athlon XP 2400 on a Chaintech 7NIF2.  I definitely recommend trying the
350 again.  The only reason not to is the learning curve involved, and
it sounds like you cleared that hurdle already.  You can always go back
to your MX440.