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Old 02-14-2007, 07:38 AM
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Re: Multiple Tuners & BTV Link question

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Originally Posted by MrWolfinWV View Post
So since the MVPs do live or recorded TV, is there any advantage or disadvantage to using an MVP vs. Link?
There have been many discussions on this in these forums...search a little.

However, I started with a MVP and switched to a Link PC.

MVP Pros - IMHO
  • Small
  • Quiet
  • Does Mpeg SD fairly well
MVP Cons
  • Lacks all features of Link
  • Skip forward/backward is "jumpy" and reduces WAF
  • WMV SD streaming is not as smooth when skipping forward/backward
Link Pros
  • Full featured
  • Smoother playback of Mpeg and WMV
  • Can load Beyond Media to do more stuff
Link Cons
  • Cost of PC
  • Noise
  • Cost to maintain BTV Link
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