is pvr 250 encoder software based?

[marshy122]

ive been doing a bit of research on the above item and everywhere ive read that it has a hardware encoder. Ive emailed hauppauge requesting info on the pvr and the pvr 250 and got this reply:
Hello,

Thank you for your email in reference your interest about the PVR's.

The main difference with the PVR PCI (883) and 250 is the following:

1) The PVR PCI supports both hardware compression decoding and encoding. The card will also support MPEG1 , MPEG 2 hardware compression from 2mb/s to 12mb/s

2) The PVR 250 will support hardware decoding but will support hi performance software encoding so the quality of recording will not be the same as the PVR PCI. The unit also will not support a Radio which the 883 will. The PVR 250 will however come with DVD factory software which is a OEM special editing from ULead.

Price point £149.00 - £159.00 SRRP.

UMesh

Is this true or has he messed up?

[SHS]

All Hauppauge PVR are base on hardware MPEG encode.

The main difference
WinTV-PVR (Model 880 NTSC, 883 PAL)
Can cap AVI.
Video perview is YUV format.
Max cap frame size is 704x480 or 576.
No DVD Authoring Software.

WinTV-PVR 250/350
Can't cap AVI.
Video perview is MPEG format.
Max cap frame size is 720x480 or 576.
DVD Authoring Software.
Noe: If live in Germany the 250 come with FM Radio.

350 Only
FM Radio.
S-Video/Compostie output and audio output HW MPEG decoding.
I belive there more then this but they haven't told me what it is.