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it works in XP *and* XP MCE. I was skeptical as well but bought it anyway and was pleasantly surprised. I only use the card to record - never really used it to watch live TV.

I had some problems at first since I installed / uninstalled BTV3.5 and then 3.4.4 about 3-4 times... but it was easily fixed when I settled on one version. In 3.4.4 there was a resolution setting in "recording qualities" I finally tweaked and found 100% stability. I think it was P frame error if I remember. I just went through the logs and found the error and fixed accordingly. not too much trouble for me but it could deter some users. IMO the design and quality of the m150 card is great. M150 uses Conexent Roslyn design and they slap a Phillips tuner on there. works as advertised. I'm pretty sure the 250BTV is the same EXACT conexant roslyn design and prolly provides same quality as m150 - but the 250BTV drivers of course are different.

you could read the BTV logs and if theres errors just post em on this board and some folks can tell you exactly how to fix... Either way, try different resolution and settings for your default recording quality until you get something you like - test - retry - test... etc before you think about buying anything else. ..or wait for the 3.5 release on Friday. I'll bet your issue is fixed.