Yep, that makes it not universally true. A lot of video cards are coming with svideo outputs as well, so maybe that would help you.
On Nov 20, 2007 12:46 PM, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > Not everyone has a LCD Hi Def TV. I'm still relying on S-Video. > > The crux of the matter is that the PVR 350 is not well supported in > Linux or Windows, and cannot embed overlays (X11 GUI, > guide/programming menus) over the video signal. > > > > On Nov 20, 2007 1:33 PM, mat branyon <mat.branyon at gmail.com> wrote: > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20071120/1a09dc8e/attachment.html
