Sid Boyce wrote: > Ludwig Nussel wrote: > > Donn Washburn wrote: > >> I may being say goodbye to my old Hauppauge Model 401 pci buss TV/FM > >> perfectly good card due to the FCC forcing HiDef down our throats. > >> > >> To that is there a good Linux PCI HiDef TV/FM card out there? > >> As I remember at the first of 2009 this switch will take effect. The > >> local FREE TV station will drop analog and go to the forced on the > >> broadcaster and us HD TV. My guess is the US government is looking for > >> fees, and taxes as income. Most people are happy with their old analog > >> TVs Shades of Quad HiFi!! > > > > Digital TV is great and does not necessarily mean pay-TV, HDTV or > > even a conspiracy. Have a look at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki > > Unfortunately DVB uses MPEG and many cards require firmware so you > > won't be able to watch TV out of the openSUSE box anymore even > > though the hardware is supported in principle. > > Hmmmmm.... I've been using DVB cards for a few years now, just replacing > replacing xine-lib from the distro. Should that read "won't be able to > watch TV with openSUSE out of the box"?
Sure. It's not rocket science but you still need to know where and what to look for. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
