[pvrusb2] Where to buy

[Mike Isely]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Santiago Almenara wrote:

> > Specifically, you can't tell if you are getting a 24xxx device or a 29xxx device.  The packaging 
> > and official designation are the same.  There is simply no way to tell for sure unless you can 
> > open the box and look at the white sticker on the device itself.  However I imagine that the 
> > odds are you will end up with a 24xxx device since it is newer.  I haven't heard of the device 
> > being labeled with an "MCE" designator, but the rest of the name sounds correct.  The id 
> > "99016" sounds alien.
> 
> There are two retail models for the PVR:
> 
> - WinTV-PVR USB2 (model 941)
> - WinTV-PVR USB2 MCE (model 99016)
> 
> I think that the main difference is the model 941comes with a Hauppauge remote control, and the other one with a MCE (Windows Media Center Edition) remote control.
> 
> However, I was thinking that model 941 might be 29xxx and MCE, 24xxx.
> 
> I think I am wrong now.

Right.  The 24xxx is basically a later spin from the 29xxx, as I understand 
it.  So your theory that the MCE version just lack the remote is probably 
correct.

> 
> I hope that theses models doesn't have differences besides the remote control.
> If not the case, do you think both are supported by your driver??
> 

I have been told that there are 3 variants of the device now:

  1. 29xxx
  2. 24xxx
  3. (something like 24xxx but with an IR blaster)

The driver handles 29xxx and 24xxx just fine.  I don't know much about that 
third possibility because I've only just recently learned of it and I don't 
have a sample yet to test.  If that third device really is just the same as 
24xxx but with the IR blaster added then odds are pretty good it will work 
with the existing driver.  But I can't be sure - and given what happened when 
the 24xxx device appeared, there were a lot of changes to the hardware and it 
took me a while to stabilize the driver for it.

I do not know how the "MCE" version fits into this at all.  I know nothing 
about it and without a sample I can't be sure.  However given past history 
with other Hauppauge products, it probably is just a 24xxx device without the 
IR remote.  And if that is the case then it will probably work fine.  If you 
get one of these, immediately look at the white sticker on the device and tell 
me what it shows.  The pvrusb2 web documentation (main page, newar the top) 
describes how to identify the device.

  -Mike

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