IMNSHO, digital OTA tuners are beyond useless at this time. Any decent content requires CableCard, which we all know is locked in to certain vendors and Windows. THe cable companies have now priced PC DVR's out of the market with their $5.99/mo HD and premium content capable box rentals. Even MythTV now requires a $20/year Schedules Direct subscription.
On Nov 20, 2007 10:53 AM, c.a. weisheit <carl70448 at yahoo.com> wrote: > I was using a card I already had around the house. You get what you pay for. > if you have a better tuner card for $13 please post the link for the rest of > us. > I also said I was looking at digital cards. I plan to upgrade very soon. If > I am going to spend more money on a card I want it to work beyond the next > two years. > > > Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > um, stop right there.... WinTV Go (BTTV) lacks hardware MPEG-2 > encoding, so your cpu will be wasted on that. In addition, the > quality of their analog tuner lags far behind that of the PVR (ivtv) > models. > > > On Nov 20, 2007 10:08 AM, c.a. weisheit wrote: > > for ed and others who asked about the mythtv box I brought to monday > nights > > meeting. This is the tuner I used. now selling for $13 > > > > http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CRD10186 > > > > > ________________________________ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
