[olug] HDTV capture cards...

[Eli Criffield]

I got mythtv up and working about a year ago, Its probably advanced a lot
since then. It was a lot of fun tinkering with it, good way to learn about
video codecs and that kinda stuff, but i didn't watch a lot of tv.
Now i have a cox DVR cable box, it just works, it even records HDTV 
(thought my tv isn't HDTV so i dono what the quality is like), and the 
cox DVR costs a lot less then setting up a MythTV. 

Long story short if you want to spend all your time tinkering with you DVR
setup MythTV, if you want to watch TV just get the cox DVR.

sorry i know nothing about HDTV tuner cards. (don't you hate it when
someone doesn't answer your question and instead tells you why its a bad
idea to begin with)

eli

On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 10:54:14AM -0600, Daniel Linder wrote:
> Ok all you Freevo/Myth nuts...you know who you are! :)
> 
> If I am going to purchase a HDTV tuner card for my (future) PVR, what have
> you actually *used* and can recommend?
> 
> Here are the criteria I am judging the cards on:
> First: Active Linux support a big plus.
> Second: Compatile with the current Frevo/MythTV version (or a shoe-in for
> the next version).
> Third: Price -- I'm cost consciour but then my experience is you get what
> you pay for, too.
> 
> In general, I won't look at a card unless it supports Linux (duh).  On the
> otherhand, I have a family to feed and I don't have a huge budget for just
> the card itself.  Something in the sub $150 range is preferred.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
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