<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm looking at these 2 cards back-to-back on the Hauppage site:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr250.html">http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr250.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html">http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> And I'm not seeing any difference, besides the tech specs. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> In layman's terms, why would I use a 250 vs. a 150 for a second capture card? (I'm using a PVR-250 as my current primary capture card).</DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Technically speaking<BR style=""></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">WinTV-PVR-150 contains a high quality 10-bit video digitizer with 4 line adaptive comb filter to reduce video noise, plus a highly integrated MPEG-1/2 hardware encoder. WinTV-PVR-150 can record full screen TV or video at data rates from 2.5 to 12 Mbits/sec from TV, VCR or camcorder. The encoded MPEG-2 video is sent over the PCI bus, where it is stored on the PCs hard disk. The video can also be played back to the PC screen while recording.</FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Technically speaking<BR></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">WinTV-PVR-250 contains a highly integrated MPEG-1/2 hardware encoder, plus a high quality video digitizer. WinTV-PVR-250 can record full screen TV or video from a VCR or camcorder, using as little as 1.5GB of hard disk space per hour. The encoded MPEG-2 video is sent over the PCI bus, where it is stored on the PCs hard disk. The video can also be played back to the PC screen while recording.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">--------------S</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>