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Originally posted by fuzzyuu I'm looking PVR software that will let me record software with a decent interface (record and browse a tv guide) that I can control with a remote. I'm running windows XP with myHTPC as it's interface. Also I am using a Conexant 878 TV capture card. Let me know what you all think I can work with. |
Originally posted by HTBuilder Fuzzy, By the way, the guy who mentioned the PVR250 failed to mention that you have to wait for the entire show being recorded to complete before watching the show. With BeyondTV and software decoding, you can being watching your show while the remainder still records. This is great when you want to watch a one hour show but skip the commercials and still end when the show ends. For instance, I watch West West every week. I start watching it around 9:15 or so. I start at the beginning, while the rest of the episode is recording in the background. By fast forwarding through commercials, I finish at 10:00 and can go to bed. With the PVR250, you would have to wait until 10:00 to watch your show. That limitation annoys me. Assuming you are using a dedicated HTPC, I wouldn't worry too much about hardware decoding by the capture card. The other point to make is that the PVR250 is an expensive card compared to the myriad of other options. And if you don't have that specific card, you can forget about SageTV. HTBuilder |
By the way, the guy who mentioned the PVR250 failed to mention that you have to wait for the entire show being recorded to complete before watching the show. |
Originally posted by Hoots I think I like the picture quality of a SD TV show w/o the PC connected--I'm not a big fan of regular TV ran though a PC and displayed on my RPTV...what can I do to fix that...other than watch it in the tiny window vs full screen. |
Originally posted by SteinyD The Sage product utilizes the hardware decoder thus, eleviating much of the overhead that would otherwise be placed on the CPU with software decoder based software. I sit in front of the same computer while the card / software are recording programs in the background. There is no noticable speed degredation. |