[mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 vs bt878

[Todd]

Is there any difference between the MCE version vs the Non-MCE?...other than 
the MCE version is $50 cheaper?  Does V3L run on both Hauppauge PVR-150's?

ToddD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick" <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hardware MPEG2 vs bt878


> On 29/09/05, Derek Meek <thekazan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can someone with hardware an hardware mpeg2 card like a PVR-150 or
>> PVR-500 and a bt878 based card send me screencaps from both cards
>> comparing the quality of the two
>>
>> this is for helping my WAF of the mythbox i'm going to build
>
> I'd only recommend using a dumb framegrabber card as a last resort or
> in addition to hardware cards. With the price of the PVR-150 what it
> is, and the fact that the video from the PVR cards is compressed with
> very high quality in realtime, I'd say it's a no-brainer in going for
> a PVR card.
>
> Nick
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