TV Tuner cards

Colin Smillie csmillie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Aug 11 11:08:12 UTC 2005


On 8/10/05, Paul Mora <paulmora-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 8/10/05, Steve <bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone know stores around T.O. that sell cheap TV Tuner cards
> > (could be refurbs) that are guaranteed to work "out of the box" in
> > Ubuntu - TVTime?

> Awhile back Staples was getting rid of their stock of Hauppauge WinTV
> Go and PVR-250 cards.  Both of them have worked with Linux (and
> TVTime) for years; probably the best supported tuner cards out there.
> These cards are old, and likely to be found in the bargain bin in
> other stores, or even on eBay.
> 
> I can't recommend them enough; they work flawlessly in Linux.

Didn't think TVTime supported MPEG2 streams like the IVTV driver?  Has
this changed?  They used recommend the BT878 driver.  I agree the
Hauppauge cards are excellent though and it would probably be fairly
easy to install MythTV on Ubuntu if required.

Colin
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