> The '848 chip is past tense; the Bt878 chip is currently in production 
> (Although the Conexant web site does list it as "not recommended for new
> designs").   
> Lots of PCI cards use this chip.   

848 and 878 are basically the same give or take audio features

> Followup questions:
> - which are the least expensive no-frills one that have been seen?
> - my understanding is that if you don't care about the tuner (just
>       composite or Svideo input), all '878 cards are pretty much the
>       same and "just work" with V4L.   True or False?

Generally so. Some of the camera ones are problematic (eg nobody has the
modular tech super pc-tv working)



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