[mythtv-users] cheapest place to get a 250 and a 350

Jayson Garrell kyi at kyi.sytes.net
Mon Dec 29 18:29:35 EST 2003


On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 13:47, David Rees wrote:
> On Mon, December 29, 2003 at 1:07 pm, Malcolm wrote:
> > Cheapest I found so far was on buy.com
> >
> > 250 for $135.99
> > 350 for $174.98
> >
> > Any cheaper sources out there?  Also are there cheaper alternatives?  Like
> > instead of using the 250 as an encoder is there a cheaper card that will
> > do the same thing?
> 
> It's not too hard to get a pulled 250 on eBay for about $85-90.  Main
> problem with these pulls is that not all of them have the IR remote if
> that's a feature you were looking for.

I got mine on ebay for $89US. No remote but that was solved with a $4.99
remote from Radio Shack and about $2 worth or parts to build a ir
receiver (part list from lirc.org).

Jayson Garrell



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