PVR-150 (1042, 1045, 1062)?

[Ted Roche]

On Jan 19, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Adam (gnhlug) wrote:

> Last nights MythTV discussion was a huge eye opener for me. I  
> recently began exploring the the MythTV phenomena a few days ago,  
> but after last night I know for SURE that I want to work towards  
> having one.
>
> I'm shopping for a tuner card, and I thought I would start off with  
> a more basic one. Last night we saw the Hauppauge PVR-150 that had  
> a remote and what appeared to be a spectacular IR (booster?).
>
> My question is which manufacturing # was it? The 1042, the 1045, or  
> the 1062? It appears as though it was the 1062 after looking at the  
> Hauppauge website. Is this correct?
>

I believe it was the 1062, aka the PVR-150 Multimedia Center Edition.  
It's designed to work with the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center  
operating system, I believe, but will also work with superior OSes  
like Fedora.

> Also, I was told that the price after a bunch of rebates from  
> Circuit City brought it down to about $45. If this is the case, can  
> I ask where the rebates were obtained from? In-store?

Yeah, I've seen the local Circuit City offer the rebate deal twice in  
late 2006. It was in their printed circular in the Sunday paper and  
was, iirc, $109.99 at the cashier where they printed mail-in rebates  
for $20 from hauppauge (the manufacturer) and $30 from Circuit City,  
so it was $59.99 after rebates.



Ted Roche
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