WARM: Hauppauge PVR-250 MCE OEM $99.95 [PRICE DROPPED]

[Tsunami982]

Originally posted by: zinkpig
The video on the 350 is stunning as far as tv out quality goes. I ve compared the tv out with radeon 9600 pro (supposed to be a class leader ) , its simply too soft. The best I ve seen so far from a graphics card has to be the matrox g450 and g550, the quality is almost as good as the 350. Another option that gets good reviews is the xcard($100). sage doesnt support UI on it yet so i am not that keen on trying it.

would it be close to picture quality to say straight from the cable? i want to use my computer as a tivo, is there much of a pic difference between the tv out on a 350 and having a 250 but using tvout from gfx5200? my 250 has been on backorder since the beginning of time and im thinking of going to pcalchemy and getting the 350 now.

 

[htpcguru]

Originally posted by: Tsunami982

would it be close to picture quality to say straight from the cable? i want to use my computer as a tivo, is there much of a pic difference between the tv out on a 350 and having a 250 but using tvout from gfx5200? my 250 has been on backorder since the beginning of time and im thinking of going to pcalchemy and getting the 350 now.

I plan on comparing the TV-out on a 350 to the TV-out on an MSI FX5200 this weekend, I'll post the results here when I have them.

 

[Tsunami982]

does anyone know if windows mce supports the 350's tv out? what about mce 2004?

 

[htpcguru]

Originally posted by: Tsunami982
does anyone know if windows mce supports the 350's tv out? what about mce 2004?

I don't believe MCE supports the TV-out on the 350, but I'll verify that when I'm comparing the TV-out this weekend.

 

[psxjunky]

Originally posted by: Tsunami982
does anyone know if windows mce supports the 350's tv out? what about mce 2004?

No, neither the original MCE nor MCE 2004 support the TV out of the 350

 

[htpcguru]

We just added the WinTV-PVR-350 to the pcalchemy.com shopping cart for $164, check it out at:

http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php?products_id=50

 

[htpcguru]

Just noticed that z-buy.com has what they are calling a WinTV-PVR-250MCE available for $89.

This card is a 28552 (Roslyn) card and will NOT work with Linux.

If you had a card on backorder from them the cards that they were selling were 32552 (Amity) cards, be careful that you are getting what you paid for.

 

[RossMAN]

How is this card different from this bundle?

Is the ONLY difference the bundled Beyond TV software?

I don't care about Linux compatibility or a remote control.

 

[htpcguru]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
How is this card different from this bundle?

Is the ONLY difference the bundled Beyond TV software?

I don't care about Linux compatibility or a remote control.

The BTV Bundle appears to be using a 28552 (Rosyln) card.

BTW, Hauppauge sells the 28552 (Roslyn) cards in bulk for about about 10% less than the 32552 (Amity) cards.

 

[RossMAN]

Thanks.

What are the key differences between the 28552 (Roslyn) and 32552 (Amity) cards?

Sorry for all the n00b-ish questions

 

[wuduhel]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Thanks.

What are the key differences between the 28552 (Roslyn) and 32552 (Amity) cards?

Sorry for all the n00b-ish questions

read this article to find out.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: htpcguru

Originally posted by: RossMAN

How is this card different from this bundle?



Is the ONLY difference the bundled Beyond TV software?



I don't care about Linux compatibility or a remote control.

The BTV Bundle appears to be using a 28552 (Rosyln) card.



BTW, Hauppauge sells the 28552 (Roslyn) cards in bulk for about about 10% less than the 32552 (Amity) cards.

I just got the bundle today via UPS, and it is using the New 2nd gen chipset that doesn;t use a heat sink