I am interested in hearing from those that have the Hauppauge MediaMVP front end: especially lessons learned and limitations.

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R7.3: 0.22.20091023-1, Hauppauge PVR-500 (Philips FQ1236A MK4), Gigabyte Gigabyte EG45M-UD2H, E5200 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA GEFORCE 256MB

I used to run a MediaMVP front end.

Pros:

* true MPEG2 hardware decoding, so you get properly interlaced playback of MPEG2 recordings from the S-video or composite outs, no deinterlacing/reinterlacing needed.
* very small, completely silent

Cons:

* not a full-featured MythTV front end
* no HD support
* only plays MPEG2 recordings, no Xvid or other codecs
* requires lots of server setup with tFTP, DHCP, etc.

I'd say it'd be an OK solution for a guest room or hooked to an old TV.

The picture quality is awesome but i found it a little flickery (UK PAL)