On Feb 8, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
o Recommend a couple of cards that we are fairly sure would work for those that need to buy one, but we can allow people to bringin other cards for the pilot to see how they work too.
High-Def or standard analog? I know Jarod was more familiar with HD since he has it available and it is not that great a price premium. Is our audience more likely to have ATSC-only via cable? I don't think we get much OTA HD up here, and I haven't tried yet the great tip that I'm likely to have QAM-256-encoded HDTV on my analog cable. I would be concerned that selecting an HD card might lead to more support issues, but may be off-base on this.
I'm a consumer-electronics Luddite (I wired a turntable into my stereo this weekend) so I'm not a good sampling candidate. What do folks think are the types of signals Installfest-attendees would be most interested in, for the purposes of selecting a card or two to support.
Re: selected distros. If Jarod would be the primary technical resource, he might be a good one to consult on that choice. I know he wrote the Fedora Core HOWTO for MythTV, and I don't know how far- ranging his expertise goes.
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