Do all PVR 250's have heatsinks?

[djkothbauer]

I just received a PVR 250 last week from Amazon and I noticed that the decoder chip does not have a heat sink on it, but the picture on the package does. I did a search on the web and every place that had pictures had heatsinks on them. Did I get a revised newer one? Or is there a mistake? I havent had any real problems, just want to make sure I didn't get one with missing parts.

[RobertH]

these are the standard retail versions that have been made for a while now, they have a newer chipset on them (iTVC16), the ones with the heatsinks have the same chip as the 350s from what i understand (iTVC15)
this is what the card should look like in the newer version:


here is the older model:


you can gather more info on the pvr's from SHS's website: www.shspvr.com

[djkothbauer]

Yeah, that is what I have. Thanks for the response.

Are there any major differences in quality with these two boards? I guess I am just curious just in case I pick up another in the future and I want to make sure picture quality would be just as good.

[RobertH]

dunno, only have experience with the heatsinkless ones, shs might be able to shed some light but im sure if there is any quality difference it is very minimal at best.

[SHS]

There no quality difference