RE: WinTV-PVR

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

...and...do you really need a floppy?  My newly built ShowShifter machine is first I have built without one, but as OS boots off CD these days, and once on the LAN I can get anything to and from it, a floopy is no longer required.

 

M.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Quinten Uijldert [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 October 2001 20:35
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] WinTV-PVR

One comment only: why not go for PC2100 memory? Same price, better
performance.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] WinTV-PVR


> Folks,
>
> how does the sytem below spec out for use as a PVR
>
> 1x AOpen Bigtower ATX, 300Watt blue (HQ08A)
> 1x Thermaltake Chrome Orb AMD DUO462 socket A tot 1.5 Ghz
> 1x Thunderbird 1400 Mhz (266mhz)
> 1x Sony 3,5" Diskdrive 1.44Mb
> 1x Asus V7700 GeForce2 Pro 64 MB TV-Out
> 2 x Maxtor 80Gb HDD ATA100 5400RPM
> 1x 98  Maxtor 60Gb HDD ATA100 5400RPM
> 1x 265  Logitech Cordless Desktop iTouch
> 1x 83  MSI K7T Pro266 Master Raid, FCPGA, 2xDIMM, 3xDDR, 5xPCI     (
http://www.msi.com.tw/products/mainboard/mainboard.php?model=MS-6380%20v2.0
)
> 1x 409  Dane-Elec Dimm 512Mb SDram PC133
> 1x Hauppauge Win/TV PVR
>
>
> As Q. will be able to atest here in Holland companies do something called
PC Prive Project. Basically you can trade some of your holiday (spread of 3
years if required) to buy yourself a
> PC...as I still have 25 days left I'm thinking of 'cashing' some in.
>
> any thoughts on the selected hardware above???
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 18/10/01 at 17:33 Jon Bhargava wrote:
>
> >I have the WinTV PVR USB
> >This works very well, it has antennae & video inputs & i have 'recorded'
a
> >few video recordings onto my computer - the quality at VCD level is
fairly
> >good & you have the option to record at higher bitrates.
> >
> >The 'recording' does take about 10 seconds to fire up when the button is
> >pressed & there is also about1 1 second delay in the decoding time.
> >
> >The only real problem is a very slight, but annoying distortion of sound
at
> >high frequencies - adjusting any of my desktop audio properties does not
> >seem to help. The problem seems to be with th unit itself as it occurs
with
> >both TV & VCR recordings.
> >
> >All in all it's acceptable but not perfect
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Jon Bhargava
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:32 AM
> >Subject: [ukha_d] WinTV-PVR
> >
> >
> >>
> >> http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr_datasheet.htm
> >>
> >> Did we cover this already? Has anyone any experience... sounds a
> >> little too good to be true!
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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