Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 $80 AR

[Slogun]

I came in here looking for the rebate which is apparently dead.

Please edit your title...

 

[Pothead]

If you go a few posts up, you would see this thread was from November.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: Pothead
If you go a few posts up, you would see this thread was from November.

Yea, point is one shouldn't need to enter a post to find out it's DEAD and outdated. That's why you see "Edit: DEAD" properly entered on threads where the deal is dead.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Slogun

Originally posted by: Pothead
If you go a few posts up, you would see this thread was from November.

Yea, point is one shouldn't need to enter a post to find out it's DEAD and outdated. That's why you see "Edit: DEAD" properly entered on threads where the deal is dead.

Wow, is is that hard to look at the date? I sure as hell dont go back though all the deals i've posted and mark dead on em. If i notice, sure, i'll do it, but definately not on all.

 

[Slogun]

oO

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: MrPeacock

Originally posted by: ThaPerculator
EDIT: Correction, the 150 HAS hardware encoding... my bad. In that case, I have no clue what the difference is. Hauppauge makes good $hit, though.

According to Hauppauge's product comparison page the only thing that the 250 has over the 150 is the hardware Video CD encoder. If I had known that, I would have waited for the 150 to come out, rather than buying the 350. OTOH, the 350 has better support, so maybe not. It's a toss-up, really.

Does that mean the 250 encodes in hardware MPEG1 and MPEG2 but the 150 encodes in hardware only MPEG2???

Edit: I see on the website that is does encoding of 1 and 2. So what does the lack of Video CD encoder mean??

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: joecool
hey, i've currently got a cheapo avertv card and running snapstream, will the encoder on this card make a huge difference in system performance when recording a show? i've got a p4 2.6c, 1gb of pc3200, abit is7 mobo, and a couple of sata drives - save the video to the drive that DOESN'T have the os on it. but i still get an occasional skip in the recorded shows - is it my system or snapstreams crappy codec?

With MCE2005 and a Maui-based MPEG2 encoder card, I'm using essentially no CPU time on a AMD3000 while recording. Playing back, OTOH, uses CPU time (it's still not that much...) but encoding doesn't use a thing.

I had an AMD1800 with 512M that did just as well in MCE2004 with this same card; you don't need a remotely fast CPU to encode video - it's very easy on the CPU.

Two years ago I bought a Leadtek WINFAST TV/2000XP DELUXE TV/FM and never use it as playback is too jerky. Is it possible to buy an encoder card to augment the Leadtek's performance? My intent is to use MCE 2005.

 

[uurda]

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/CRD10186.html -- help me out here; I'm seeing a Hauppage at Surplus Computers for 19.99. This must be some lesser model but I can't find the fine print...

 

[ToxicMussels]

uurda, here is your Link.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: ToxicMussels
uurda, here is your Link.

Looks like it doesn't do MPEG2.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: bupkus

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: joecool
hey, i've currently got a cheapo avertv card and running snapstream, will the encoder on this card make a huge difference in system performance when recording a show? i've got a p4 2.6c, 1gb of pc3200, abit is7 mobo, and a couple of sata drives - save the video to the drive that DOESN'T have the os on it. but i still get an occasional skip in the recorded shows - is it my system or snapstreams crappy codec?

With MCE2005 and a Maui-based MPEG2 encoder card, I'm using essentially no CPU time on a AMD3000 while recording. Playing back, OTOH, uses CPU time (it's still not that much...) but encoding doesn't use a thing.

I had an AMD1800 with 512M that did just as well in MCE2004 with this same card; you don't need a remotely fast CPU to encode video - it's very easy on the CPU.

Two years ago I bought a Leadtek WINFAST TV/2000XP DELUXE TV/FM and never use it as playback is too jerky. Is it possible to buy an encoder card to augment the Leadtek's performance? My intent is to use MCE 2005.

No. You'd toss the Winfast and get a $60-$70 Hauppauge MPEG2 card, and you're off to the races.

 

[uwannawhat]

No. You'd toss the Winfast and get a $60-$70 Hauppauge MPEG2 card, and you're off to the races.

Absolutely! Add a TV programing software such as SageTV or BeyondTV & you've got you're own TIVO with not monthly fees!

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: uwannawhat

No. You'd toss the Winfast and get a $60-$70 Hauppauge MPEG2 card, and you're off to the races.

Absolutely! Add a TV programing software such as SageTV or BeyondTV & you've got you're own TIVO with not monthly fees!

BeyondTV is the one that you can stream TV off the internet right?....without having to purchase separate licenses for each viewer that is...

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: uwannawhat

No. You'd toss the Winfast and get a $60-$70 Hauppauge MPEG2 card, and you're off to the races.

Absolutely! Add a TV programing software such as SageTV or BeyondTV & you've got you're own TIVO with not monthly fees!

Or, even easier, MCE2005. Have you used it? I've used the others, but MCE2004 (and now 2005) are, IMHO, quite a bit better.

 

[THRILLHOv]

from the looks of hauppauge's site, it seems the MCE cards will work on XPpro/home w/ beyond TV .... any one confirm? and if so, whats the difference... right now i have a wintvgo ($20) that does software and looks Great with its own software, but only so so in beyond tv.

 

[k1114]

Originally posted by: THRILLHOv
from the looks of hauppauge's site, it seems the MCE cards will work on XPpro/home w/ beyond TV .... any one confirm? and if so, whats the difference... right now i have a wintvgo ($20) that does software and looks Great with its own software, but only so so in beyond tv.

Will work in BeyondTV, SageTV, and likely every other major software that supports hardware encoding cards. It's a hauppauge, so pretty much anything that dosen't support it now will do so fairly soon.

To expanda bit, TV tuners are seperated into two categories:

1. Software - These are cards like the WinTV GO that are meant for casual TV watching from your computer. The best software you can ever use for them is DScaler due to the filtering and quality enhancements, ease of operation, and cost (totally free).

2. Hardware - Cards with hardware encoders are generally meant for more serious use, and should be paired with PVR/DVR type software. Pretty much all of them (Including the 150) will work with BeyondTV, SageTV, etc, the compatiblity dosen't vary much from software to software.

You can bridge the two gaps by using a card like the WinTV GO in beyond TV or MythTV, but the quality is going to be poor. On the flip side, many hardware encoding cards can be used with desktop viewing software, but the results are not going to be optimal.