[wplug] OT: Hauppauge 150 vs. 250

[Shawn Maceno]

I've got a PVR-150 in a windows media center PC, and have not had any
problems with it.  It records at good quality, and I've had no major
issues with it.  I've never used it in a Linux system though, so I can't
speak for that.

Shawn

On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 14:18 -0400, Patrick Wagstrom wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 14:11 -0400, Arnaud Loos wrote:
> > I'm looking for some advice from people that have either card. I understand
> > the 150 came out after the 250 and is based on the same chipset. Supposedly
> > performance is also the same. Obviously the 150 is the cheaper of the two
> > but I was wondering if anyone had a vote either way. I've read that the 150
> > has some problems recording sound, that it elevates the levels
> > significantly.
> > 
> > The card is going to sit in a Windows box initially but will eventually end
> > up in a MythTV box so any driver and/or compatibility issues I'd be
> > interested in also.
> 
> Arnaud,
> 
> I'd be curious to see what you've heard about the sound issues as I've
> had no problems in the 2 and a half years that I've had my PVR 250.  The
> 150 is the newer cousin of the 250, based on newer technology, at the
> core it still is the same conexant chipset, but I believe it's ditched
> the MSP3000 for the sound chip.
> 
> Drivers for both are provided by ivtv.  The 250 is the best supported
> MPEG capture card for Linux (especially for MythTV), the 150 is newer
> and is getting there.  My last experience with a 150 was okay, but the
> driver was still stuck recording at 720x480 resolution at maximum bit
> rate.  I'd imagine that Chris Kennedy has fixed this by now.
> 
> The major difference is that the PVR 250 is the same price now as it was
> when I bought mine more than two years ago (actually more, I got mine
> for cheap on sale), while the 150 is usually about $30 cheaper.  I'd say
> go for the 150.  If you're going to spend the money on the 250, you
> might as well spend $20 more and grab a 500, with dual tuners.
> 
> --Patrick
> 
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