[mythtv-users] PVR-350 vs. Geforce 5200/PVR-150

Sam Varshavchik mrsam at courier-mta.com
Wed May 17 10:48:26 UTC 2006


Varanger writes:

> Hi! 
>   
> My backend is a: 
> Pentium III - 1 Ghz 
> 512 MB Ram 
> HD IDE 50 GB 
> PVR-150 (w/remote) 
>   
> I only encode one stream at a time and it is only SD. I am planning to buy 
> a second tuner and connect it directly to my TV (make a BE/FE). 
>   
> I have two options: 
> 1. Buy a PVR-350 
> 2. Buy a Geforce 5200/PVR-150. 
>   
> Prices in both combinations are almost the same. I won't use the Geforce 
> for playing games just tv-out feature for MythTV. 
>   
> What should I do?? 

I would buy a PVR-350.  I'm very happy with my 350, especially that I don't 
need to screw up my system by foisting off on it the Nvidia's binary video 
driver.


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