"If any of you are like us, I know you would rather put your money down on a product that is well supported and you know what it is. In today's market there is a large number of hardware mpeg2 capture cards (think tivo capture quality with near zero CPU usage) and choosing the correct one can seem daunting at first. Matt has taken the guessing game out of this for all our readers through his PVR Identification and Compatibility guide. Everyone who has been thinking of purchasing a PVR off eBay should most definitely give this one a read over before clicking bid... Better to know what your buying than wasting 100 bones."
A very through article that should answer almost any question you have about which MPEG encoder card to choose.