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Review: Hauppauge PVR 500 MCE |
June 30, 2005 |
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A few weeks back, we posted a review of the Hauppauge PVR-250, and I am going to quote the introduction for that review here:
“Let’s start by briefly going over what a PVR card does. Personal
Video Recorders, like the one we are reviewing today, are also called
TV capture cards or TV tuner cards. What they do is exactly that--allow
you to attach your cable to the back of your PC and tune in TV
stations. Beyond that, they let you perform most (if not all and then
some) of the functions associated with TIVO. You can pause live TV to
answer the door or grab a snack, replay the good parts, or do something
else while the system uses scheduled recording to get your shows. You
decide what you watch, how you watch it and when--not some studio
mogul.”
Hauppauge’s PVR-500MCE does all of the above X 2, and then some.
Now you can watch one channel while you record another—or record 2
channels while you're away. It also has an FM radio tuner if you
want to listen to or record your favorite Howard Stern, or NPR
programs.
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2MBit/sec, 4MBit/sec, 6Mbit/sec, 8Mbit/sec, 12Mbit/sec. |
Standard play (8MBitsec), DVD Long Play (4MBit/sec) and DVD Extra Long Play (2.5MBit/sec) |
Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240 |
Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288 |
32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec |
10 bits Chroma sampling: YUV 4:2:2 |
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Dual 125 channel cable ready TV tuners, each with a dbx-TV stereo decoder (Nicam stereo decoder in Europe).
Dual high quality MPEG2 video and audio encoders based on the Conexant -416 MPEG encoder.
One back panel composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to cable or satellite set top boxes.
Two on-board A/V headers to connect to two more A/V sources (A/V cable set not included).
One FM radio receiver.
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In the first image above, you can see the dual 125 channel cable ready
TV tuners and the FM tuner. In the second image are the dual
Conexant-416 MPEG2 hardware video/audio encoders. These beauties
take the heavy lifting off of your CPU. In the same image, you can
also see two on-board A/V headers you can use to connect two additional
A/V sources; however, if you want to use these, additional A/V cable sets
are required. You can find those here.
The last image is of the backplane connectors. At the
left is a coaxial connector for the included FM antenna. The
Coaxial connector to the right is for your TV signal input. One
cable will run both tuners. Still moving right, we have a
composite connector, and the familiar yellow/white/red of RCA
connectors. As you can see, that’s a full load of connection
choices. In fact, all the connection choices lead to the only
slight problem.
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