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AIW vs PVR card

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"The Mac didn't come out until 1984. And the Lisa doesn't count. (I had the original 128k Mac when it came out, and though it was later upgraded to a 4MB Mac Plus, it is still in my closet, waiting to be turned into an aquarium.) "

My first mac didn't even have a hard drive, I remember being considered a king becuse I actually had an additional external floppy. Remember the days when you could get your word processing software and a bunch of documents on to a single floppy?

As for Media Center, I'm not sure. At this point I don't think they're selling it as a stand alone OS, so since I'm building it myself, I think I may have to go with XP.

AMB
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Hauppage PVR -- the full hardware on-card MPEG2 compression has fewer dropped frames and audio sync problems compared to software-based capture cards.

Note: as a search of "Hauppage" here will tell you, the PVR-150 is just as good as the older PVR-250 that it replaces, it just costs less. One place to buy it is www.PCAlchemy.com, another is CompUSA.
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I never had a dropped frame with my AIW 8500 and mpeg 2 recordings!!!! Good harddrives and properly configured systems can help....

I thik the AIW card should only be considered if you want to get a vid card upgrade out of this as well...I can attest that earlt on AIW cards were neutered clock and mem speeds but since the 9800pro they are clocked same as retail...so no lose in gaming and great features....

I actually looked at the PVR250 and ppl told me they liked their AIW's better...I guess it is who you ask....

 
I just read an article on this and they elected to use the E-vga TV Tuner Card. These cards are based on Nvidia chipsets from what I have read. They make a version of the card that does hardware MPEG2 Encoding with 2 TV Tuners. This is only supported if you get the Microsoft Multimedia Center Edition operating system. They claim you can Record on 2 channels and watch a third channel at the same time. Not all hardware is supported by MS MCE OS.

Of course you realize you could just buy a VHS DVD stand-alone recorder and plug it into the TV!

Sony also makes a DVR drive separately that runs without a computer.

You can easily spend $2000 on a PVR system if you insist on High Definition TV and 2 layer DVD standards.
 
Originally posted by: piasabird
I just read an article on this and they elected to use the E-vga TV Tuner Card. These cards are based on Nvidia chipsets from what I have read. They make a version of the card that does hardware MPEG2 Encoding with 2 TV Tuners. This is only supported if you get the Microsoft Multimedia Center Edition operating system. They claim you can Record on 2 channels and watch a third channel at the same time. Not all hardware is supported by MS MCE OS.
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damn that is sweet... any link to that article???
 
By the way,

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the input, this has all been very educational and entertaining!

Thanks again!

AMB
 
Originally posted by: Duvie
Originally posted by: piasabird
http://www.extremetech.com/art.../0,1558,1742236,00.asp

http://www.evga.com/products/m..._Number=032-P1-NVTV-TX

This only works with the medie center PC OS!
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I cant find the mention of it at extremtech??? Seems to be about the ATI card...I may get HD digital TV from comcast so THt may be an option...
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Duvie, they are using the eVGA NVTV + HDTV Wonder Here. I like the dual tuners on a single PCB on that eVGA analog tuner, but I'm waiting for Theater 550 cards before I get new analog tuners.

Edit: I see they are using a single analog tuner, so that must be an FM tuner?
 
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