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Whats the best PVR for a PC, I have a HD tv 16:9 with pc and hdmi inputs, the pvr I have for my mac will not record in 16:9 and from what I gather the happauge ones also don't handle 16:9
Not bothered about tv schedules eg tivio type functionality, just want a pvr that can record when I want it to, has a good picture, can pause live tv, and records in 16:9
Any suggestions? prefrably from experiance, as all the reviews I can find about them just mention all the tivio type rubbish and not what they are actually like!
Not bothered about tv schedules eg tivio type functionality, just want a pvr that can record when I want it to, has a good picture, can pause live tv, and records in 16:9
Any suggestions? prefrably from experiance, as all the reviews I can find about them just mention all the tivio type rubbish and not what they are actually like!
smilerbaker said:
its on a mac, no the software wont record in 16:9 (next release) but I am dumping that and going back to pc's, the pvr on the mac is not compatible with pc's so I have to buy a new one.
I see. Elegato EyeTV or some such yeah?
Well, it might be worth picking up a cheapo Hauppage card... not one of the shiney new ones (cost saving for testing) and see if it can do it, I know my PVR-350 can display widescreen... I've not actually tried recording with it in a while as we're overhauling the machine; but I seem to remember it being dumb (i.e. Widescreen picture = widescreen recording).
Yes Hauppauge cards do record in widescreen. I have a wintv HVR1300 quite cheap at about £50.00 and records in many formats. I have recorded quite a few things and all is well. I have heard though a lot of problems with there own Tv200 software and it isnt very user friendly. I just use MCE's built in software to record and all is well.
road2ruin said:
Yes Hauppauge cards do record in widescreen. I have a wintv HVR1300 quite cheap at about £50.00 and records in many formats. I have recorded quite a few things and all is well. I have heard though a lot of problems with there own Tv200 software and it isnt very user friendly. I just use MCE's built in software to record and all is well.
MCE?
smilerbaker said:
road2ruin said:
Yes Hauppauge cards do record in widescreen. I have a wintv HVR1300 quite cheap at about £50.00 and records in many formats. I have recorded quite a few things and all is well. I have heard though a lot of problems with there own Tv200 software and it isnt very user friendly. I just use MCE's built in software to record and all is well.
MCE?
Windows Media Centre Edition. XP Home with go faster stripes. It does actually work quite well on a TV screen.
ThePassenger said:
smilerbaker said:
road2ruin said:
Yes Hauppauge cards do record in widescreen. I have a wintv HVR1300 quite cheap at about £50.00 and records in many formats. I have recorded quite a few things and all is well. I have heard though a lot of problems with there own Tv200 software and it isnt very user friendly. I just use MCE's built in software to record and all is well.
MCE?
Windows Media Centre Edition. XP Home with go faster stripes. It does actually work quite well on a TV screen.
Windows Media Centre is a very good application, Vista Home Premium has it built in now and I think it is an improvement to the XP based version.
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