On 5/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On May 2, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Joel Turner wrote:<br><br>>><br>> Check the mythtv wiki. There are instructions for running XV on the<br>> PVR-350. I do this for my SD based setup (8 yr old Toshiba) and the<br>
> output is great. There are disadvantages to this approach which are<br>> detailed elsewhere in the archives. If you have any intentions of<br>> replacing your set soon with a plasma or LCD I would not bother<br>
> with the<br>> PVR-350 but would look at an nVidia 6200. It's PCI based, some models<br>> are fanless and have composite out.<br><br>Why a 6200 ? A 5200 is cheaper and will do what needs to be done.<br><br>The extra cost of a 350 over a 150 is more than the cost of a 5200,
<br>so what would be the advantage of a 350 except possibly to save a PCI<br>slot ?<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
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Ive read that the pvr350 has better quality tv out than the nvidia
series cards. I cant vouch for this myself as I have a gf ti4600
that i run dvi out to my hdtv. The only problem is getting the
350 to work, which i gather is easier now days, but many people seem to
still have problems. <br>
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Overall, it depends on your paticular situation, perhaps saving the pci slot is valuable to you and maybe it isnt.<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Justin Hunt<br><a href="mailto:beyonddeath@gmail.com">beyonddeath@gmail.com
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