[mythtv-users] Question on Capture Card and Sound Card
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Jul 29 06:57:05 UTC 2006
On 07/29/2006 02:15 AM, Joel Davis wrote:
> I've been running MythTV with Fedora 5 on an old Dell box (1.7 GHz)
> using an old Hauppauge WinTV card and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound
> card. I am pretty happy with it but I am thinking about upgrading my
> hardware a little. I am considering the Hauppauge PVR-150 or
> Hauppauge PVR-250. I haven't been able to see a major difference
> between the two. What makes the 250 better than the 150?
It does a better job of keeping your house warm on cold winter nights. ;)
In reality, the PVR-150 is better than the PVR-250. It's a
newer-generation card built from fewer components and built to use 3.3V
PCI (instead of 5V), so it's cheaper /and/ it takes less power.
Driver support for the PVR-250 is slightly better (although current
versions of the drivers have narrowed the gap significantly). I
wouldn't buy a PVR-250 at this point. So, my recommendation is to save
some money and buy the better card (the PVR-150).
> Also, occasionally the sound from my Santa Cruz card sounds very
> metallic. I can correct this by exiting MythTV and firing it back up
> but this is obviously not desirable. I am thinking about getting a
> Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card to replace it. Have people had
> luck with this card?
I've used the SB Live! and SB Live! Value. Both work well (but can be
configured to give problems :).
Mike
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