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TV Tuner Question

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aplefka

Lifer
If I buy a tuner and use a program such as WinDVR, is software encoding in MPEG-2 just as efficient as hardware encoding in MPEG-2? I mean I have the software, now I just need to know whether or not it'd be okay to buy a cheap tuner or if I should spend the $100 or so that it costs for a tuner with hardware MPEG-2 encoding.
 
hardware encoding will take the load off your CPU. If you want to multitask and record at the same time, a hardware encoding card is the way to go. The hauppauge PVR-150 is a great card and can be found for about 70 shipped.
 
Originally posted by: fuentefan
hardware encoding will take the load off your CPU. If you want to multitask and record at the same time, a hardware encoding card is the way to go. The hauppauge PVR-150 is a great card and can be found for about 70 shipped.
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Nobody wants to trade them though. I'd love to trade my PS2 and games for a PVR-150 and cash, but nobody wants to. Also, they only run in the $70 range if you get the MCE version.
 
If you've already got the software, then what more do you need than the MCE version? It works in Windows flavors other than MCE. Besides, with the MCE version you get the extra inputs.
 
This would be a good card also, it uses the newest ATI Theater 550 chip, should provide better video quality than my PVR-150, and at the same price
 
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