[wplug] OT: Hauppauge 150 vs. 250

[Arnaud Loos]

The sound issues were for the 150. I believe I read 2 reviews somewhere
where the person stated that when they played back recordings the sound was
so loud that they had to turn down their stereo to 4%. I just did a quick
search to try and find the review again but no luck.

Thanks for the replies.

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+arnaud=arnaudloos.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+arnaud=arnaudloos.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Patrick
Wagstrom
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:19 PM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] OT: Hauppauge 150 vs. 250

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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