[mythtv-users] Cable Box and Video Capture Card

[yan seiner]

Carl Fongheiser wrote:

>
> You're probably going to want a PVR-250 or PVR-150, but not for the 
> reason you think.  You'll probably want it so that you get the 
> hardware MPEG-2 compression.   The PVR cards won't change channels on 
> the cable box, though;  you'll need an IR blaster or serial connection 
> to accomplish that.


I thought the PVR150 used software compression?  Does it use hardware?  
The 250 uses hardware, right?

--Yan