[mythtv-users] MythTV to become obsolete?

[Shay - MythTV]

At 02:16 PM 9/15/2003, you wrote:
>Michael J. Sherman said:
> > FYI, you spent $330 for your TV-in solution.  I spent $30 (ATI TV
> > Wonder).  So there is a way to do this without worrying about your $330
> > being a waste in 3 years.
>
>Michael,
>
>But what sort of video quality are you getting?  I have an ATI TV Wonder
>(not the value edition), as well as a couple of WinTV gos, but each of
>these cards is decidedly ugly compared to the video from the PVR-250/350.
>Much more "noise" in the picture quality, and not nearly as much
>crispness.  Definitely a departure from regular cable tv quality.
>
>I'd be interested in hearing your experience.  If there's a way I can
>tweak it and make the ATI or WinTV go work, I'd definitely prefer to go
>that route!

You can go that route if you have a large CPU.  The ATI's let the CPU do 
the encoding, while the PVR-250/350's do it onboard, which is why so many 
people get them.