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Since setting up Mythbuntu some years ago I used a Hauppauge
<em>WinTV</em>-<em>PVR</em>-<em>150 </em><em><span style="font-style:normal">PCI</span></em>
capture card connected to my SKY box. Over several years I became
increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the video capture. In
particular I was not able to get full screen on many channels for
some reason. I recently changed to a Hauppauge HDPVR and changed my
box for a SKYBOX F3. Both are working well. No problem setting up the
HDPVR in MythBuntu. I was however unable to get the YPbPr connection
between the F3 and the HDPVR to give the results I wanted. As a
result I added a HDMI to YPbPr Video converter connected between the
F3 HDMI output and the HDPVR YpbPr Input which added to the cost. The
latest Firmware Driver and Kernel needs to be used, otherwise there
is a problem with Over-saturation see
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The file sizes have reduced
significantly:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><em>WinTV</em>-<em>PVR</em>-<em>150 </em><em><span style="font-style:normal">PCI
</span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal">= Are you being
served 33 minutes 1.18 GB = 0.035757 GB per minute.</span></em></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><em><span style="font-style:normal">HDPVR
= Are you being served 33 minutes 0.47 GB = 0.0142424 GB per minute.</span></em></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The above is without any additional
transcoding. This represents about a 50 percent saving on disk
storage. I do however run the F3 at 480p which is definitely not
high definition. The results are perfectly acceptable on my 42 inch
screen. I did run a test of TV One and HD it came out at 0.02694 GB
per minute. However had nothing to compare this result to.
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