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Chris Phillipo wrote:
> In article <406AEDDF.595B3460@hotmail.com>, clarkphotography@hotmail.com
> says...
> > Chris Phillipo wrote:
> >
> > > So I get my card late in the evening last night and I work early into
> > > the morning installing it and playing around with it. I was fortunate
> > > that I didn't have any of the problems described here. Two things I
> > > wondered right away, is there a way to play DVDs throught the TV out on
> > > the 350 and is there a way to get a screen overlay on the TV so you know
> > > wtf is going on without running back to the PC monitor to see if it's
> > > actually recording? I sent these same questions to Hauppage but I bet
> > > I'll get an answer here twice as fast
> > > --
> > > _________________________
> > > Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
> > >
http://www.ramsays-online.com
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > One quick warning!
> >
> > Remember to NOT install any of the drivers from the CD!
> >
> > Download the newest ones from their website.
> >
> > Don't forget about the forums at http://www.shspvr.com/forum/
> >
> > You'll get an answer there before you will from Hauppauge if your experience
> > is anything like mine.
> >
>
> My CD had the newest ones, I think the box was still warm from the
> shrink packer
>
OK, that's good. I work with a guy who bought a PVR-250 last week too, and he
installed the drivers from the CD and they hosed his system.
>
> > Everything I've heard suggests that Windows can't put an overlay on that
> > output. Apparently it's a dedicated output from an mpeg decoder chip.
> >
> > From what I've seen with my PVR-250, if the software says you're recording,
> > then you're good to go.
> >
>
> Ya but pressing the botton on the remote in the TV room and the PC
> display is in another room you have to do some running around to be sure
>
Actually I'm finding the remote to be quite useless for anyhting
> besides pausing live TV, I will probably have to put a monitor next to
> the TV.
>
> > Why not hook it up and play with some PVR software demos and play some DVD's
> > with a TV cooked up and see what happens, since that only takes a few
> > minutes...
> >
>
> I did try that but it's not like a TV out card, your desktop does not
> display on the TV it's a completely seperate output. Which is kind of
> nice actually, it's like being loged into a second desktop on Linux that
> you can still work with and not affect the output of the other display,
> but it means it will require software specifically written for that
> card. Maybe Beyond TV will eventually offer a solution, it doesn't use
> the TV out feature on the 350 currently.
> --
>
OK - I knew the desktop wouldn't show up.
What my expectation was that the video itself would.
Yeah, the remote is worthless without an overlay.
On the plus side. you can hook the TV to your existing video card. And on the plus
side, the recording quality is excellent when played back by any DVD player...
Keith