Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:27:29 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Adam Maloney <adam@whee.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware recommendations for MythTV/FreeBSD Message-ID: <42011B91.2070101@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0502020732360.2756@titan> References: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0502011233250.20906@titan> <20050201164641.E64418@atlantis.403forbidden.net> <Pine.GSO.4.60.0502020732360.2756@titan>
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On 2/2/2005 5:59 AM Adam Maloney wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Steven S. wrote: > >> For the most part the pvr-250 is plug and play. Most of the tuners >> are supported so you should be okay. I've not fiddled with source >> selection, from what I gather from reply's here it seems to be hit or >> miss, oddly. I would guess it would work. Unless it doesnt. > > > That's kind of what I suspected...everyone is pretty sure it will work > fine, but no one wants to out-right guaranty it :) But unless I hear > any real negative feedback from others, I think my mind is made up on > the PVR-250. I've been watching this thread as I am interested in building such a setup also. Can anyone comment on whether the 350 offers any benefit over the 250? As I understand it, the 350 also includes a hardware decoder for MPEG-2 playback. Is this any significant advantage? My PVR will be based on an 1gz AMD Athlon. Also, I have a wide screen HDTV. Does anyone know of any cards that support the wide screen HDTV resolutions? Although I've found tuner cards (no hardware encoder) that support this, I haven't come across any PVR cards. Thanks, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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