[mythtv-users] WinTV-PVR-350 hardware decoder only works for TV out?

[Andy Leung]

I found this on the Hauppauge site
(http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr350.html
):

"WinTV-PVR-350 contains a highly integrated MPEG-1/2
hardware encoder and hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder.
WinTV-PVR-350 uses the hardware MPEG encoder for
watching live TV, for pausing live TV and for
recording. The encoded MPEG-2 video is sent over the
PCI bus, where it is stored on the PCs hard disk (for
pause and record) and simultaneously decoded in
software for display on the PC screen (in all modes).
When playing recorded video onto an external TV
monitor, the on-board hardware MPEG-2 video decoder is
used."

Sounds like the hardware decoder only kicks in when
you're using a TV set for display. Is that really the
case when using MythTV and PVR-350? I only plan on
watching tv on a computer monitor. In that case does
PVR-350 offer any advantages over a cheaper model such
as PVR-250?

Thanks

Andy


		
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