Re: TV Tuner Cards

Karl-Heinz Zimmer <[email protected]>
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On Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 02:29, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 01:14, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a cheap (>$50
> > preferably) TV tuner card that works well with GNU/Linux? I'm hoping
> > to be able to try out MythTV's PVR functionality without spending
> > much...
>
> Get a Hauppauge PVR 250  -  see http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/

also read: http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
          "Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV box under Red Hat
           Linux 9 with a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250"

I know that the PVR 250 is not very cheap - but it is very good: allowing
to make MPEGs in good quality even on not so fast machines, see details
here: http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm

HTH,
Karl-Heinz
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Karl-Heinz Zimmer, Senior Software Engineer, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
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