I understand that Hauppauge has hardware encoding which is why I prefer that brand. Considering that I will be using a relatively good CPU, can I have good quality without hardware encoding on the card and use pcHDTV for analog now. Then when I get HD, I will not have to upgrade. Am I wrong?<br><br>I thought my needs were implied....watch media ;)<br><br>thanks<br><br><b><i>Brian Wood <beww@beww.org></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Tiffany K wrote:<br>> System specs:<br>> <br>> -ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI ATX Intel<br>> Motherboard(2 PCI slots, 3 PCIe slots)<br>> -Intel Core 2 Duo E6600<br>> -C6 or Ubutnu<br>> -Software: MythTV or LinuxMCE<br>> <br>> I am looking for a capture card that is reliable, known for excellent<br>> quality, and easy to install(linux/driver support).<br>> <br>> I may
upgrade to HD in the future, so I would prefer an HD card. <br>> However I do not want to sacrifice the characteristics in the previous<br>> paragraph. I would also prefer to be able to record one show while<br>> watching another. Again, however, I do not want to sacrafice the<br>> characteristics in the previous paragraph. I would rather have excellent<br>> quality now and upgrade later to support dual channels and HD.<br>> <br>> I have read tons of docs and forum posts on mythtv and linuxmce sites<br>> regarding this subject. I want to be sure I am basing my decision on <br>> the most up-to-date info.<br>> <br>> I see a ton of info on the Hauppauge brand but not much on pcHDTV. This<br>> is surprising since pcHDTV seems to be dedicated to Linux and<br>> open-source. Is pcHDTV not a good brand? Or am I wrong on my assumptions?<br><br>You are comparing apples and oranges. Both Hauppauge and the pcHDTV<br>cards are good products, but
they are different. The PVR cards are for<br>analog reception with hardware MPEG encoding, the pcHDTV cards are for<br>ATSC reception, or NTSC as a frame buffer using software encoding.<br><br>It all depends on your needs.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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