[mythtv-users] Any reason for PVR-350 over 250?

[Liquid Gecka]

Let me chime in with what I know about the PVR 350. My
setup currently uses a PVR with both TV in and out. TV
Out wasn't that hard to setup and get going to be
honest. The stability is pretty decent and it doesn't
die nearly as much as my nvidia based attempts have.
The picture is also crystal clear. 

That said I can say this. Do not buy a 350 based card
unless it is the same price as a 250.

Why? Because you are locked into using your system for
video replay only. DVD playback becomes tricky, and
all the displays and menus run really slow because of
the lack of Xv support. Most of this is setup issues
though. I am now moving AWAY from the tv out on the
350  to a nvidia setup. Partially because I am moving
to HDTV, but also because the hauppauge is to limiting
when it comes to menu/update speeds, and add on
modules that are usable.




--- John Smith <john_smith_45678 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there any reason to get a Hauppauge PVR-350
> instead
> of a PVR-250? According to Hauppauge's site, the
> PVR-350 only offers mpeg decoding to tv-out and a
> remote control. From what I've read in the list, the
> tv-out functionality of the pvr-350 is only
> partially
> supported. Something to the effect that it only
> works
> with direct TV and/or mpeg, and not DivX, Xine, etc.
> Can somebody elaborate? I also saw comments that
> asserted that there's not much performance advantage
> to the tv-out decoding - cards such as the
> Geforce400MX have some optimizations as well.
> 
> It also appears that people favor other universal
> remotes instead of the remote included with the
> pvr-350.
> 
> As for the remote, it looks like a lot of people
> favor
> a pvr-250/Geforce 440MX (on-board?) setup.
> 
> So, any reason(s) to choose a pvr-350 instead of a
> pvr-250? Or do some people prefer something other
> than
> the pvr-x50's or even software encoding?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
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