On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 18:57 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 09:12 -0700, John Meyer wrote: > > Hi, does anybody have any recommendations on TV cards, either ones that > > work nicely on Linux or ones you should stay away from with someone > > else's 10 foot pole? > > I have a Pinnacle PCTV USB2 model. Needed to get one for my notebook. > Works great!
Just a little more info - it's not printed on the unit itself, but according to the box it's a model 50e. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV +Tuners/PCTV+Analog+PVR+%28cable_antenna%29/PCTV+50e.htm I also had a Zoltrix TV-MAX PCI card. It used a bt848 chip. The tuner wasn't the best quality, but it had AV and S-video plugs, which gave much better quality. I'm sure you can pick up a secondhand one quite cheaply. The only downside is that the bttv driver cannot detect the card model - I always had to specify that. Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
