On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:41:56 -0500 Jay Jarvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FYI, CompUSA has a PVR-150 (Model 1045) after rebate(s) ($35) = $64.99 > http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=cj&product_code=316263&pfp=9405sale > > According the IvyTV Wiki, this model is "Very close to fully > functional(in ivtv development branch)". Many reports of success on > this list back in May 2005, etc. > > Thumbs up? > > Any reason for a bt878 user to wait? Perhaps this signals an imminent > PVR-500 price drop? Just wondering ;) Perhaps my subject line was lacking .. so, for the archive, I'll reply to myself. I opted to buy this model anyway, despite being less than 100% confident beforehand. My confusion stemmed from the various CX23416 based cards listed as "Known NOT to work" on the ivtv site. A "complaint" best suited for the ivtv list, I'll grant you. In any case - yes, thumbs up, success, it works, it's working: ivtv: version 0.3.8 (svn snapshot revision 2638) kernel (ubuntu binary): 2.6.10-5-k7 It is indeed a PVR-150 model 1045 (26032, rev C199), with grey Hauppauge remote, chips are: CX23416-12 and CX25841-23 The card is in a new machine, so I've yet to install MythTV on it, but a simple 'cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/foo.mpeg' works great, lirc_i2c (mode2 test) works, so I'm confident the Myth setup will be smooth. My question: "Any reason for a bt878 user to wait?" Absolutely not, get it. For $65 I regained 33% of my CPU that was busy doing software compression (at medium resolution even), and I can ditch the audio patch cable and mixer nonsense once and for all. -Jay --- Sep 8 02:02:49 localhost kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.8 (svn snapshot revision 2638) loading Sep 8 02:02:49 localhost kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.10-5-k7 preempt K7 gcc-3.3 lspci -v: 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 8003 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 14 Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 sharing IRQ 14 with my AC97 Audio Controller, pfeh - I'll hafta look into that.
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