[mythtv-users] questions about new hardware

[Boyd II, Willy]

As to your second question, looks like the Hauppauge PVR-350 would be your
best bet.  The 250 will work just fine as well, but if you want the
possibility of mpeg2 decoding (that you mentioned), get the 350.  (Or an
old, first revision 250, maybe... those has decoding chip as well).

To the second:  be careful asking about channel change speed around here ;-)
j/k... I spent a couple hours finally reading through some of the source
last night, but I'm not going to pose any more questions or theories until I
have a really good handle on things.

- Willy

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Byrne [mailto:mythtv at ardentworks.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:59 PM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] questions about new hardware


I am running a P4 2.4 Ghz machine with 1 gig of RAM and an AverTV card (no
hardware MPEG encoder/decoder).  The incoming signal is from a DirecTV
satellite connection.  Since I have an external tuner, I use a channel
changer script to switch channels.  All this runs under RH9 with ALSA for
sound.

My question is this:
I would like to know if there's any way to speed up the response when
changing channels.  I don't guess there's a way with the external directv
sat receiver, but I didn't know if maybe there was perhaps another way
(besides using an external receiver) to handle satellite TV input using
Myth.

Also, I am thinking about purchasing another TV Tuner/capture card to allow
live TV viewing while recording a separate program.  Any suggestions on the
best card to purchase for best interaction with MythTV (I'd like to get one
with Hardware encoder/decoder)?

Thanks.
Sam