Re: [gentoo-user] Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset

[forgottenwizard]

On 16:32 Fri 28 Sep     , Patrick May wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 03:43:52PM -0500, forgottenwizard wrote:
> > On 08:31 Fri 28 Sep     , Patrick May wrote:
> > > I missed this thread earlier, so pardon me commenting to the OP so far down
> > > the thread.
> > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:00:33 -0500, forgottenwizard wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > BTW, if anyone knows of a cheap tuner card (<50US preferably) that
> > > > > > > is decent and works with either PCI/USB/AGP, I would love to know.
> > >
> > > I'm currently using an air2pc card I picked up on eBay. I believe I paid
> > > around $20-30US. It pulls in all OTA ATSC signals just fine. I can't speak for
> > > it's abilities to work with QAM (Cable.) I'm controlling it with MythTV.
> > >
> > > Though I do recommend a decent processor. I used to run an Athlon 850MHz and
> > > it could not keep up with an HD (1080i, etc) signal. It will dump the stream
> > > to disk, just not display it (slow, pauses, etc.)
> > >
> > > Patrick
> >
> > I'm doing some looking and think I'm going to blow my budget and get a
> > Haup. PVR-150, which I know is supported.
> >
> > Thanks for all of your help everyone.
> >
> If you are planning to watch over the air (not cable) remember that analog
> will go off air on Feb 17, 2009. A little less than 17 months from now.
>
> Patrick

Thats why I was looking for something else, but I ended up getting a
WinTV-PVR-150 today. It wasn't too expensive, and I was able to get it
(mostly) working for awhile. Oddly enough, since trying it with mythtv,
it doesn't seem to want to work anymore, which is highly annoying since
the thing took me about 2-3 hours to get to operate (requiring a few
kernel recompiles and some firmware-hunting).

Since I'm using cable, I figure if I need to, in 17 month I can get a
converter, or afford to buy a better card.

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