[mythtv-users] Right capture card to purchase

[Mitch Gore]

All of the pvr150's on newegg's site are virtually the same.  The difference
being low profile, FM tuners, or bundled items.

I got the pvr150MCE because it came with the nice MCE remote.

Mitchell

On 5/11/07, Rage321 <rage321 at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>  Do you need a low profile version?  IR Blaster with remote?  Without?
>
> I concur that the pvr150 has great quality.  I've used two different
> types, 1045 - http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html and
> 1086 http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150mcelp.html
>
> More info - http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare/compare_pvr.html
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *Jason Rottman
> *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2007 9:19 PM
> *To:* Discussion about mythtv
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Right capture card to purchase
>
> Which pvr-150 would you recommend?  A quick search on newegg for
> "hauppauge" returns several pvr-150 at several varied prices.  Do some have
> better specs than other?  I dont really care about an FM tuner.  Thank you!
>
> -Jasn
>
> On 5/11/07, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A pvr150 offers great quality.  If you put the picture on a HDTV it wont
> > look the best but that is with any source.  If you want hdtv, recording hd
> > will look great but if a hd capture card is used to record SD content that
> > will look way worse then a 150 as the hd card will be a simple
> > framegrabber.
> >
> > Mitchell
> >
> >  On 5/11/07, Jason Rottman < jrottman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > It has been observations that the pvr-150 does not deliver the same
> > > video quality as if the tv was directly connected to the normal cable line.
> > > I was wonding if anyone had any suggestions on other cards to buy that can
> > > deliver better quality?  I am currently using Charter digital cable, and
> > > they offer a few HD-channels.  If I get an HD capture card, can I use that
> > > same card on the channels that are not HD?  Do I need to be concerned about
> > > anything because it is digital cable?  We have other tvs that connect
> > > directly to the cable line, rather than throught the cable box.  The only
> > > different is that these tv's can not access the on-demand stuff.  Thank you
> > > for any suggestions you can provide!
> > >
> > > -Jason
> > >
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