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color=#0000ff size=2>Why not use the TV-Out on the Pundit and keep the 350
? I think it might be easier for you to work with it that way than the
buggy 350 output at this stage, especially if you are new to Linux. MythTV
is a big bite to chew off for a Linux newbie. :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jason
Giddens<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 29, 2003 8:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] PVR-350 - Should I
send it back?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT size=2>Ok,
<BR><BR>For Christmas my wife was wonderful enough to buy me an Asus Pundit, CPU, Memory and a Hauppauge PVR-350. I had given her the hardware list after reading the Mythtv web page, and lurking on the list for a while.
<BR><BR>Now that I have gotten the devices, I am wondering if I should send in the 350 and get a PVR-250 instead. Here is why I may want to:
<BR><BR>- I am a Linux Newbie- I know there are excellent docs out there to help me, but I am pretty much a rank beginner and the 350 seems like I need to be a little more "leet" to handle it.
<BR><BR>- I want to watch Divx shows- The main reason for the MythTv box is so that I can watch shows I download from BitTorrent on the big tv. Secondary purpose is to augment our Tivo.
<BR><BR>So. I know that the 350's output is beautiful, but I also know that I will have to transcode the Divx files into MPEG2 everytime I want to watch them.
<BR><BR>What does the list think?
<BR><BR>Jason Giddens <BR>jgiddens_ at _ bigfoot_dot_com
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