Which would you choose for my situation:150 MCE vs Leadtek PVR 2000 vs ATI Theater

[lowcam]

I am looking for a tv-card to do mainly PVR stuff with, I won't be using it much to watch tv. I have a amd athlon xp 1145mhz, 512mb ram, nvidia 5500 128mb, and windows xp pro. I am looking for a card that has an encoding chip on it, so which would be the best? I have my choices down to 3 or 4 cards:

Hauppauge 150 MCE (Conexant cx23416 - encoder and cx25843 - a/d converter)

Leadtek PVR 2000 (Conexant cx23416 - encoder and cx23882 - decoder)

Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro (ATI Theater 550)

MSI Theater 550 Pro (ATI Theater 550)

Which would you pick and WHY? The leadtek is the cheapest but I've heard the ATI Theater Pro's may have an edge on looks in PVR.

Thanks,

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[Old Dog]

Theater 550 Pro (ATI Theater 550)

Because that's what sub uses (I think).

[McBainUK]

Sub also dosn't like the leadtec's. I have an ATI 550 beacuse it was only £50, the hauppage 150's are popular on here tho. Remember to think about remote controls etc

[lowcam]

Do the ATI Theater 550 Pro cards have linux support? Can the drivers be found?

[McBainUK]

Do the ATI Theater 550 Pro cards have linux support? Can the drivers be found?

Don't know I'm arfraid. Try google?

[JackTheMan18]

I am looking for a tv-card to do mainly PVR stuff with, I won't be using it much to watch tv. I have a amd athlon xp 1145mhz, 512mb ram, nvidia 5500 128mb, and windows xp pro. I am looking for a card that has an encoding chip on it, so which would be the best? I have my choices down to 3 or 4 cards:

Hauppauge 150 MCE (Conexant cx23416 - encoder and cx25843 - a/d converter)

Leadtek PVR 2000 (Conexant cx23416 - encoder and cx23882 - decoder)

Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro (ATI Theater 550)

MSI Theater 550 Pro (ATI Theater 550)

Which would you pick and WHY? The leadtek is the cheapest but I've heard the ATI Theater Pro's may have an edge on looks in PVR.

Thanks,

lowcam

I use the Leadtek PVR 2000. I didn't have any trouble in making it work with gb-pvr.
The supplied software was basic - but it worked without any issues.
The only incompatibaility that I have found so far is that the (very good) remote control, does not seem to work, natively, with gb-pvr. I haven't done a lot of expimentation on this matter because I don't really use it that way, anyway.
Good luck.
P.S. In the past, some users of the leadtek with PAL have had some issues on these boards. I use NTSC.

[A_Brass]

I'd go with the 150MCE if you dont need a remote its not very expensive, works perfectly with GBPvr, and Makes good quality recordings.