Straight video recording is equally as impressive. Processor usage is 4-5 times LESS than what is seen with the very similar Leadtek setup. The AOpen XC Cube with the better processor in the P4 3.0 still lags behind significantly and processor usage is 2-4 times higher than that with the Theater 550Pro. For those with slower processors lying around that can be recruited for HTPC or PVR duties, be sure to pair it with a card that does hardware MPEG2 encoding like the Theater 550 as the difference between the cards is phenomenal.