Yea, with an athlon 2600+ it might not be worth it. But when every CPU cycle is precious like it is for me, having that mpeg decoding would be a plus. In the more general sense it may be of use if the computer was of the silent fanless type and at a low clock speed. But yes, if its a full power desktop the 350 might not be worth it. Unless u are looking solely for outputting video to the tv and not regular apps, and u don't already have a card with tv out support.
On 4/13/05, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I were to buy again I'd probably go for the pvr350 and get the tv > > out and hardware mpeg decoder, its worth the little extra money in my > > opinon. > > According to http://www.2cpu.com/articles/113_1.html, the 350 is not > necessarily worth the cost. > > Begin quote: > > Another popular capture card is the WinTV PVR-250's big brother, the > PVR-350. The additions of merit are the inclusion of an FM Radio Receiver, > MPEG-2 Decoding in hardware and S-Video Output. It certainly sounds like a > solid upgrade. Unfortunately, there's an important fact that doesn't really > show up in the feature list for the product. The S-Video output is only for > MPEG-2 streams. What that means is that it's not going to be able to drive > your OS desktop on your TV. Certain HTPC/PVR applications have included > support for their OSD/menu system for the PVR-350's s-video output but this > is something you should research thoroughly before purchasing the PVR-350 > solely for this reason. Given the low cost of a video card like an NVIDIA > FX5200, I'd recommend buying the significantly cheaper PVR-250 and using > your AGP/PCIe video card to drive your s-video output. > > End quote. > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
