In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: > I wouldn't be so sure about the majority of VDRs using FF cards. I > haven't seen any ad for an FF card, but I have seen many ads for cheap > USB DVB-T tuners. The trend is likely to change, given that decoding > MPEG-2 is no challenge to current PC hardware.
Also generic video cards are increasingly coming with video decoding features, and HDTVs can be connected straight to a PC without the need for a horrible scaler or special screen mode. Although not all the decoding features are available to Linux, dedicated decoder/TV-out cards are looking quite obsolete, and DVB card manufacturers are bound to respond to that. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr