Re: [PLUG] PVR-500 dual analog tuner $107 on eBay

[Edward Smola <meanderis@mac.com>]

I use that card and love it.  I'm going back and forth on if I should  
get another one, a homerun hd or just get a FireWire cable box.  Only  
thing I see with the auction is it lacks the extra backpanel composite/ 
s-video/audio thing(which I don't even use).  I use the remote that  
came with my silverstone lc20m.  I like having a display on my myth  
box.  On a completely unrelated note myth2ipod rocks!  It's nice  
undocking my phone this morning and having heroes and journeyman  
waiting for me.  Although getting to do 640x480 vic was a pain.

A vote against for it is you are using non intel/nvida chipset  
motherboards.  There is known issues with hauppauge cards and some via/ 
Ali/sis chipsets.  So look into that before going that route.

Edward

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On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:40 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/Hauppauge-Win-TV-PVR-500-MCE-Dual-Tuner-TV-Capture-Card_W0QQitemZ290164400788QQihZ019QQcategoryZ162QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> With remote control: http://www.haupauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr500mcekit.html
>
> I don't need the remote and don't feel like being bothered with  
> Paypal, but this is a good deal!  It's used, but for $100+7 is a  
> good deal since the best new I've found is: $150: http://www.provantage.com/hauppauge-model-253~7HAUP12E.htm
>
> I'm getting the san-remote version for $125: http://www.provantage.com/hauppauge-1081~7HAUP128.htm
>
> PVR-500 tuner
> -------------
> Dual *analog* tuner on a single PCI card
> Pro:
>    2 tuners, single PCI card
>    Composite (RCA) and s-vid in
> Con:
>    Analog
>    There is only 1 CATV in and the splitter is internal; the other  
> coax is FM ant.  That's good for my cable/splitter situation but bad  
> for flexibility. :-/
>
>
> Later,
> JP
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