On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Kevin Saenz wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning on building a PVR, and wondering what type of tv capture > card people would recommend? At the moment I am using Mandrake, I am > willing to use Debian or any other distro. > Currently I am looking at the hauppauge WinTV 350
Go Digital - less CPU overhead (basically comes down as an MPEG-2 stream in the first place). Plus you get all the other bits... teletext, other audio tracks, high definition etc. http://www.dpanda.com.au/dpanda/dvbtpci.html Says on the page supported by Linux & Mac - of course the danger is that you'll just go for one of their ready made DVR's as well. The question is do you want to tinker or not. Of course the other option is to buy a second hand TiVo - just been through the process and am very happy with mine ... that is apart from turning into a lounge lizard lately. I paid $180 + staff discount on a Maxtor 120GB drive. Plus spent a few hours doing the PAL Tuner mod. Essentially runs linux and has a PPC processor. Well supported by OzTivo community... http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome I was very close to going the digital card route until a few friends decided to band together and get some tivo's shipped in. I still might to the digital card one day. -- ---<GRiP>--- Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG Secretary, AUUG and Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
