[LUAU] Pics and news about the mythtv build

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

Eric Hattemer wrote:
> Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
>   
>> It appears that there's a lot of interest in MythTV, which is spilling
>> over to Linux.
>>
>> Does any one have any thoughts/comments re Hauppauge 250 vs 350? 
>> Thanx.  Wayne
>>
>>     
> You'd do really well to ask the mythtv-users list from
> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users/ .  There are
> hundreds of them with lots of experience with those cards. 
>   
Looks like the better option is to get a PVR 250 with nVidia combo.  See:

> The output quality on the 350 is very good for SDTV, but beware: With
> the 350 it will be difficult or impossible to get BIOS/bootup messages
> and to play back any video not captured by the 350 (or in standard SD
> MPEG-2).
>
> This means no HD, no Divx, no Xvid, no MPEG-4 of any kind, etc.
>
> If you're only planning on playing back SDTV that you capture, the 350
> will do nicely. If you care about transcoding, DVD archiving, etc, the
> 350 will probably disappoint you.
>
> Most likely you'd be better off going out through an nvidia card (gf4
> / fx). You should be able to get one for $50-$60 that has a heatsink
> (rather than a fan) and outputs through DVI and S-video as well as VGA