by jbone » Sun Dec 08, 2002 3:16 pm
I went to CompUSA for some CD-Rs and happened to find an I/O Magic PCI PVR card for $10 after a $20 mail-in rebate.
I opened the box and - lo and behold - mine was actually manufactured by Pinnacle.
Popped it in, installed the software, and it works like a dream. It comes with CyberLink PowerVCRII 3.0, and the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding looks very nice. (Recorded MPEG-2 640x480 with no visibly dropped frames at CBR 5000bps on my Western Digital 7200RPM drive with 8MB cache.)
"If someone feels the need to 'express' himself or herself with a huge graphical 'singature' that has nothing to do with anything, that person should reevaluate his or her reasons for needing said form of expression, possibly with the help of a licensed mental health practitioner."