[mythtv-users] new install

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Jeff Mottishaw wrote:

>I did preliminary research, bought a tuner card (super cheap) then did the
>real research and found that the card isn't what i REALLY want.. but it
>should work.. (made the digital television != digital cable mistake)
>
>I bought a wintv-d and it should arrive in the next couple days.  Does
>anyone have any experience with this card? Anything that I need to lookout
>for? I also have a bt848 card just sitting on the shelf that I can use if
>need be.
>
>Also I am looking for an el cheapo card that has TV-OUT.  I have a 53"
>Sony HDTV, and have looked into VGA --> component adaptor/converters and
>they are around 100 USD, am I better off getting a tv-out card with
>S-Video out and settling for that, or is the converter worth while..
>
>I am stuck with a DCT2000 that my cable company won't allow serial on. Can
>anyone recommend a good IR Blaster? I have read horror stories that you
>can't depend on the DCT2000 accepting channel change requests from a good
>percentage of the time.
>
>I realize that I just asked a lot of questions in one email. I Don't know
>much about TV, any info you can throw my way would be much appreciated. I
>am tirelessly reading through the myth-users archives, but with > 100
>emails yesterday alone, it isn't an easy task :)
>
>Jeff
>
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>

I hear good things about the video out capabilities of the Matrox line.  
They're dirt cheap and you get the benefit of having the only card 
that's 100% accelerated using DirectFB if you want to go that route.