[mythtv-users] Re: Hardware

[Brian Blalock]

Francis Gulotta wrote:
>I'm sure this has been asked many times before but I'm about to dump
>some money into some hardware and after browsing the vfl driver page I
>still can't deside what to get. I want to buy a tuner card.
>
>-Francis Gulotta 

What system are you putting it on? 

>From what I've read if you've got a 1GHz machine or better you can get away 
with a ATI TV Wonder VE for basic use.

If you've got less than 1GHz to play with your best bet seems to be a 
Hauppauge PVR 250/350 card.

Of course there's a grey area between 600MHz and 1GHz that can go either way 
if you're willing to sacrifice recording quality.