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Posted by gadjo on 02/15/07 21:20
hi,
I'm trying to set up a homebrew PVR using my pc and I'm looking for video
card recommendations. I've looked at some reviews, Hauppauge is often
mentioned, any good/bad/ugly experiences ? It's time to retire the old VCR
and I dont wanna spend too much on a dedicated PVR. I dont really need the
chase-replay features like on Tivo, I'm not even a DVD collector, I just
want something to record my favourite shows when I'm out...
I was thinking of going for the cheapie Hauppauge WinTv Go Plus model, it
looked interesting for its SoftPVR application for encoding in DivX, but my
pc is kinda old, 1.67Ghz AMD Athlon with 512M Ram. The other Hauppauge
option is the WinTV-PVR-150 model, which does h/w encoding in Mpeg 2.
That brings me to my second question, how much space consumption am I
looking at with Mpeg 2 ? E.g. how many Gigabytes per hour ? Also, assuming I
can fit more than one 1-hour show (in Mpeg2) on one DVD, is this possible,
i.e. what utilities can I use to merge multiple recordings on one DVD ?
Thanks and apologies in advance for all the newb questions (hanging head in
shame...)
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