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View Poll Results: Which PVR cards do you recommend?
Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 24 68.57%
Hauppage WinTV-PVR-350 12 34.29%
Creative Labs Video Blaster Digital VCR 4 11.43%
Provideo PV256C 1 2.86%
Provideo PV256T 1 2.86%
other 0 0%
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Old 05-26-2003, 08:57 PM
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Which PVR card?
I haven't bought a TV tuner card yet. Three families of cards are listed on the System Requirements page:
  • Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 or WinTV-PVR-350
  • Creative Labs Video Blaster Digital VCR
  • Provideo PV256C or PV256T
What do people recommend for the most hassle-free operation? FYI, my computer is a P4 running XP. I welcome comments as well as poll responses.

Thank you.
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Old 05-27-2003, 02:39 AM
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Definitley the 350 for me, hardware encoding & decoding.. just can't be beat.
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Old 05-27-2003, 08:16 AM
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Either the PVR250 or the PVR350 definitely. I have the 350 and the Provideo 256T card, and the PVR350 blows the provideo card away in quality, IMO.
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Old 05-27-2003, 08:18 PM
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Without question, the PVR 250 or 350 cards.
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Old 05-27-2003, 08:34 PM
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Thank you so much.
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Old 05-27-2003, 11:36 PM
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Is there a difference in picture quality between the WinTV250/350 and Creative Labs PVR cards ?
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Old 05-29-2003, 05:39 PM
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I would stay away from the Creative cards. I own 2 of them but replaced them with PVR 250 units. The Hauppauge cards are much easier to get working.

Of course if you are looking for a couple of Creative cards real cheap,,,,
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Old 05-31-2003, 12:30 PM
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I have the creative card and its about as close to a Tivo replacement as you can get currently. However I am looking for an HDTV solution.
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