It will still be legal to sell HDTV card but they will have to support the broadcast flag. There probably won't be an open source way to do that though. I just purchased the ATI HDTV Wonder from Best Buy and during install there is statement in the license agreement saying that their is proprietary information in there that forces them to keep it closed source.
Why the ATI you might ask? Price and what you get. Yes, I know it's a Windows only solution right now BUT... for $149 you get the card, antenna, AND the RF remote which DOES work under linux. I plan to use the remote on a different PC. As for HD, I picked up all the local during my scan but not everyone was broadcasting HD content at 11pm last night. There's still DTV though. Looks pretty good I must say. Lastly, for a video card and linux, get at least a Geforce card for best playback. Riva and TNT cores will hardly cut it. I still plan to do a MYTHTV box too at some point but it will be more for a media library front. I was even thinking of Myth on my mini. That be all from me, Mr O. --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Allen Brown wrote: > > > After July it will be illegal to sell a compatible tuner. > > So anybody who would sell his has noodles for brains. > > I suggest you plunk down your hard earned cash before > > the gilotine falls. > > http://www.pchdtv.com/ > > Only High Definition tuners will be illegal. Standard > Definition > tuners will, AFAIK, still be legal. > > Still, if you're thinking you might want to watch HDTV > sometime > in the future, now is the time to buy the tuner card. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
