[mythtv-users] PVR 250's OEM on ebay for $88

[Chris Delis]

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:57:24AM -0500, Will Dormann wrote:
> At 01:02 AM 1/3/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >I thought the 250 had the decoder, but not the encoder like the 350?  That's
> >the major difference isn't it?  Is the encoder really worth the extra $100?
> >I know the 350 sells for a good chunk more than the 250.... 
> 
> The Freestyle, 250, and 350 have hardware encoding.   That's the whole
> point of the cards.
> The Freestyle, 350 and early 250 models have hardware decoding in addition
> to the above.  (Though I'm not aware of any driver that takes advantage of
> the decoding in the Freestyle and 250R1 cards)
> The 350 has TV-out in addition to the above.

I wish there was a version of the 350 that just had the decoder
card with TVOUT (minus the encoder)...  That'd be a great card to use
for a frontend-only system.  I am about to split my mythbox into a
frontend-backend system.  My 350 will be used in the frontend.  A lot
of hardware will then be unused all in the name of quality TVOUT.

>
> 
> -WD
> 

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