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Gary J Dikkema
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:29 am    Post subject: Win TV 250 PVR or 250 PVR MCE Reply with quote
Or perhaps get the USB 2 tuner which is the same as the 250 PVR I believe.

Pros and cons of which one to add to a white box MCE2005 would be
appreciated.

I favour the USB 2 tuner as it's portable and could be plugged into a laptop
plus it has the tuner... which comes with the TV 250 PVR as well but not the
MCE version.

Anyone?

TIA.

Gary D
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Bob [MVP]
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:54 am    Post subject: Re: Win TV 250 PVR or 250 PVR MCE Reply with quote
Have you looked at this matrix? I think it
should should give you all the info you need.

http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/compare_pvr.html

BTW, the remote control that's included with
the PVR-250 and PVR-USB2 is not compatible
with MCE.

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"Gary J Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam-@cdir.ca> wrote in message news:%23OGewiq$EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Or perhaps get the USB 2 tuner which is the same as the 250 PVR I believe.

Pros and cons of which one to add to a white box MCE2005 would be
appreciated.

I favour the USB 2 tuner as it's portable and could be plugged into a laptop
plus it has the tuner... which comes with the TV 250 PVR as well but not the
MCE version.

Anyone?

TIA.

Gary D


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Gary J Dikkema
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Win TV 250 PVR or 250 PVR MCE Reply with quote
Thanks Bob!

So... the remote will control the TV portion of the card then only.

I see none of these cards has a an output to a TV... does that mean I have
to get a video card that has a TV output?

So... as this is a white box MCE2005, I can purchase a MCE remote and it
will work OK?

TIA.

Gary D


"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:O6hvOwq$EHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Have you looked at this matrix? I think it
should should give you all the info you need.

http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/compare_pvr.html

BTW, the remote control that's included with
the PVR-250 and PVR-USB2 is not compatible
with MCE.

--
-Bob
_______________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/ehome


"Gary J Dikkema" <gary_d-no-spam-@cdir.ca> wrote in message
news:%23OGewiq$EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Or perhaps get the USB 2 tuner which is the same as the 250 PVR I
believe.

Pros and cons of which one to add to a white box MCE2005 would be
appreciated.

I favour the USB 2 tuner as it's portable and could be plugged into a
laptop plus it has the tuner... which comes with the TV 250 PVR as well
but not the MCE version.

Anyone?

TIA.

Gary D

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Bob [MVP]
Guest
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Win TV 250 PVR or 250 PVR MCE Reply with quote
Quote:
So... the remote will control the TV portion of the card then only.


I haven't used it myself, but I believe the remote works
with Happauge's own WinTV software (or whatever its called).

Quote:
I see none of these cards has a an output to a TV... does that mean I have
to get a video card that has a TV output?

Correct. The official list of supported cards is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/partnerlisting.mspx

Quote:
So... as this is a white box MCE2005, I can purchase a MCE remote and it
will work OK?

Yes. You need to purchase an MCE remote, IR receiver, and IR emitter.
Here's an example:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=80-100-202&depa=0

--
-Bob
_______________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/ehome
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Gary J Dikkema
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:38 am    Post subject: Re: Win TV 250 PVR or 250 PVR MCE Reply with quote
Great info Bob; pity Newegg doesn't ship to Canada though... <VBG>...

Have found another place that does... surprising how few local outlets are
carrying this.

Gary D



"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:uDd1L6w$EHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Quote:
So... the remote will control the TV portion of the card then only.


I haven't used it myself, but I believe the remote works
with Happauge's own WinTV software (or whatever its called).

I see none of these cards has a an output to a TV... does that mean I
have to get a video card that has a TV output?

Correct. The official list of supported cards is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/partnerlisting.mspx

So... as this is a white box MCE2005, I can purchase a MCE remote and it
will work OK?

Yes. You need to purchase an MCE remote, IR receiver, and IR emitter.
Here's an example:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=80-100-202&depa=0
--
-Bob
_______________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/ehome

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