Most Widely Supported Hardware Capture Card
Written: Jul 13 '04
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Pros: -Widely Supported
-Hardware Encoding
Cons: -can't think of any other then it's more expensive than software based encoding card
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| rogerc77's Full Review: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 (980) TV/Video Input |
I picked up this card because I wanted hardware encoding since the HTPC machine I am building are left over from my upgrade where it was only a P3 800mhz. People with newer CPUs in the 2ghz range can probably get away with software based capture card. But if you want the CPU utilization rate to be in the 0-3% range, you'll have to get a hardware based encoding card which offloads all the CPU power it needs to capture the video to the card.
I have read through few other reviews where couple other people were complaining are blaming the card simply because of difficult installation. But don't know if it's their bad luck or system or what, but mine install went very straight forward. If you've looked around the HTPC community, this card is used the most people in the range of over 60% if I remembered correctly. Plus, it's guaranteed to work with BeyondTV and Sage TV which are 2 most popular PVR software. There are many cards out there that also work with the 2 softwares, but if you are unsure, or new to computers, you can't go wrong with this card.
Recommended:
Yes
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Member: Roger Chen
Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada
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