>3. "don't buy the PVR350... get a card with decent TV Out." I don't think that this is universally true. It really depends on what card you are using. I don't have a tv-out on any of my cards because my tv supports vga.
All of this really depends on your setup. Do you have a good machine you can put as your mythtv box, or is it a recycled pc? Are you even going to use it for live tv, or just recording shows watching your archived dvd collection? I'd just go check linuxtv.org to see what works good for people who have the same functionality that you have... --mat On Nov 20, 2007 12:19 PM, c.a. weisheit <carl70448 at yahoo.com> wrote: > So to recap: > 1. "The quality of the capture cards on the market are a joke at best" > 2. "digital OTA tuners are beyond useless at this time." > 3. "don't buy the PVR350... get a card with decent TV Out." > > Changing your home computer into a VCR for only $13 is beginning to sound > pretty good. I can transfer old (MPEG-1 quality)VHS tapes to computer and > record tv shows off of cable for at least the next couple of years. > http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CRD10186 > > > > ________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
