Help choosing between TV Cards (HVR-2200 & Digital Now S2) (1 Viewer)

[krammark]

Hi all,

Just wondering if someone out there can help me make a decision between the TV tuners i am looking at. They are:

1. Hauppauge HVR-2200 (http://www.newmagic.com.au/support/Files/Hauppauge_MCE_HVR2200.pdf)
2. Digital Now Dual Hybrid PCI-Express S2 (DigitalNow)

I am in Australia (Eastern Victoria) and would like to know if anyone has seen/heard of any problems with either of these cards, and what their compatability with MP is like.

The Hauppauge 2200 is meant to be one of the fastest for changing channels, but i have seen no reviews on how fast the Digital Now one changes channels.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[vertiger]

take the HVR-2200 as it has hardware mpeg encoder (the other only has a software encoder - less supported by the tv server and more cpu load)

 

[guytpetj]

Go for the HVR-2200. I ordered one last week.
The harware mpeg for analog is its greatest asset.

Make sure you use TVE3 (TvServer) to get the max out of this card.

 

[krammark]

Thanks guys... i was leaning towards the HVR-2200 for those reasons, but it's nice to get a bit of confirmation

Cheers,

Mark