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advice on adding second card

 
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advice on adding second card
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2007-02-06, 02:38 AM
My system is mostly finished and I now need to purchase a second card. Currently, I have a Hauppauge 350 that I got a very good deal on... free. I have a 16:9 television and I've read many posts about the 150 defaulting to 4:3 aspect when recording. I'd rather not have to change the aspect ratio when playing back recording.... or have the annoying black columns on the sides.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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2007-02-06, 03:07 AM
Quote:Currently, I have a Hauppauge 350 that I got a very good deal on... free. I have a 16:9 television and I've read many posts about the 150 defaulting to 4:3 aspect when recording.
The PVR350 is exactly the same as the PVR150 in that respect, as is every analog other capture device I'm aware of - they all mark their recordings as 4:3 regardless of what the aspect ratio really is. With analog tv 99.9% of the time it is 4:3 anyway (except for a few shows in Europe), so this shouldnt really be a big concern.

After adding a PVR150 to a system with a PVR350 you shouldnt really notice any difference other than being able to record two shows at once, or watch tv while recording.
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2007-02-06, 03:17 AM
Be aware there may be other pitfalls associated with the Hauppauge cards: see http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=24122

But in saying that, they are probably the best cards for hardware recording around: it's just the software that can let them.
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