msgohan, sanlyn, this thread is for especially you...
I really, really want to update this thread:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ti-wonder.html
- Some cards needs to be removed from there; fatal flaws have since been discovered.
- There are some new cards to add.
- Warnings need to be added about junk (examples: EZcap, Blackmagic).
- Caveats need to be included (example: Canopus works, but not the best, mostly listed for Mac users).
In this thread, I want to turn my attention to Hauppauge...
At one point in time, pre-2005, Hauppauge was quite decent.
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PVR-250 (PCI) = excellent MPEG hardware capture
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PVR-350 (PCI) = excellent MPEG hardware capture
Unsure of AVI lossless abilities with either card.
I know the WinTV was decent for the MPEG work, and allowed up to 15mbps. Or was it 20mbps? Lots of clueless/amateur/newbie complaints about it, no worse/better than ATI MMC (for MPEG).
Then Hauppauge started to make crap...
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PVR-150 (PCI) = yuck, both IRE and audio distortion (volume too high) issues
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PVR-950Q (USB) = yuck, WinTV was unstable and recording options/quality were lousy; 950Q same as 955Q?
But my knowledge (and/or memory) stops there...
I vaguely remember these models as having been junk, but I'm no longer 100% sure of that fact:
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610 aka Live2 (USB) = color/IRE issues?
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PVR-500 (PCI) = was this just a 150 with two tuners, mostly used by OEMs?
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PVR-950 (USB) =
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PVR-USB2 (USB) =
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HVR-1250 (PCIe) =
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HVR-1600 (PCI) =
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HVR-1800 (PCIe) =
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HVR-1850 (PCIe) =
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HVR-1950 (USB) =
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HVR-2250/2255 (PCIe) =
^ Note that some of these cards may be good for ATSC "ripping" (?), or ATSC recording, but they were awful for analog recordings. And that's the focus. (Note: ATSC ripping may be solely a job for the DVB cards, not these PVR/HVR models, but I'm not sure, never got into that. Point is, a card good for one task may suck for another.)
Any input is desired.
Let's work together to make a new sticky with some sub-pages. I'd also like to include some of the more technical info in the glossary/wiki.