On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:45:06 +1300 sirlancelot wrote: > Has anyone had experience with the VideoMate DVB-T300 - it got a good > review in an Aussy PC mag recently. > > http://new.compro.com.tw/en/product/vmt300.html > > Is supposed to work in linux,
Looks likely. > appears to hardware encode MPG-1, MPG-2, > MPG-4 but I'm not 100% sure of that. I cannot see anything in there that indicates that it has hardware mpeg encoding on board. Many products claim that they will record in mpeg 1/2/4 format but in reality they are doing it in (poxy windows bug prone) software. Be very careful. Of course if it is capturing digital tv broadcasts it will probably be able to save in mpeg2 format, but thats because DVB is *broadcast* in mpeg2, not because the card is doing anything clever. > > I like the look of it because it is 1/ a low profile card 2/ Digital and > analog. > Digital TV in NZ (other than via Sky?) don't hold your breath!
