PVR-350 PIII 933mhz ?

[Allen]

I have searched this forum and found similar questions and answers but wanted to ask my specific question to get an answer.

I currently have a Pentium 3 933mhz processor with 256 ram. I have two belkin 54mb g routers one as a router and the other as a bridge to connect my MediaMVP.

Will the Hauppauge PVR-350 enable me to pause live tv along with the other normal PVR functions. I thought that since the 350 has an encoder and a decoder most if not all the work would be done by the card and my system specs would not need modifications.

Thanks in advance
Allen

[reven]

yeah the 350 should be fine there, i use to use a 350 to record and watch on a 2.6ghz and the cpu was only ever at around 10%. even when comskip was running at 95% of the cpu playback of mpeg2 files was flawless, so yeah it should work. on and my 2.6ghz also only had 256mb ram, but i would upgrade that to atleast 512.

[Allen]

Thanks for a fast response. Where do you recommend for the best price on a PVR-350? Or is there another card that will do the same but is less expensive.

[reven]

well im in nz so there arent many options for them here, so i just bought it from the cheapest place i could. i have no idea where you could get one from. and you have to understand that the 350 will only playback mpeg1 and mpeg2 files, no dvds, no divx/xvid etc.

[Allen]

Would a Hauppage PVR-250 work with this system detailed above? Would I still get pause, livetv, etc. 250's are easier to find and a lot cheaper. . I was just thinking...if the 250 has an encoder and the MVP has a decoder what do I need another decoder in the 350?

[betlit]

if i'm not totally mistaken, if you use the mvp, all your compy has to do is sending the mpeg-file/stream over the network (i do not own an mvp, so i _could_ be mistaken here *g*)

i'm using a pvr-350 in an overclocked pIII 800 mhz (~933 mhz)-system (just used for tv). works fine!

and i have no problem watching a recorded file over the WLAN network on my 'real' computer (meaning: the decoding of the file is done on the client computer).

[Allen]

Thanks for the information. I guess this question really belongs in the MVP section.

Thanks
Allen