Difference between Hauppage TV cards

[roy_rajat]

Could anyone tell me the differences between the following cards and which one would be the best for channeling a cable set top box on my PC:
Hauppage WinTV HVR1300
Hauppage WinTV HVR110
Hauppage WinTV PVR150
Hauppage WinTV PVR350

 

[roy_rajat]

anyone on this issue????

 

[heyman421]

some have two tuners, some have one

some use samsung tuners (cheaper)

some use philips tuners (more expensive)

some are for media center only, some work with other programs (or even include them)

there's a tuner on tigerdirect that has mpeg 2 AND mpeg 4 compression with two tuners, which is the one i'm gonna get

 

[The_Other_One]

http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/compare/compare_pvr.html

Is it that hard to do research yourself

HVRs arent listed there and I don't know anything about them. There's a bit on the site about them, but HD Capture cards are still relatively new...

some are for media center only, some work with other programs (or even include them)

If you're referring to the PVR150-MCE cards, you're totally incorrect. I'm using one now with Windows XP Pro.

 

[heyman421]

oh, ok

i don't have personal experience, but some of the reviews warn (note that this card is for media center only)

so i wasn't sure if it would still work with other o/s

 

[heyman421]

here's the card i commented on

it's pci-express x1

and has both mpeg 2 and mpeg 4 compression

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2884822&CatId=1427