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Posted by Alpha on 02/16/07 03:53
Get a stand alone recorder with a hard drive. Easy Peasy and saves a lot of
grief.
"gadjo" <fgdsfg@w45w4.sdf> wrote in message news:er2iqd$2ij$1@dns3.cae.ca...
> 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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