[mythtv-users] Cheap MPEG cards
Jarod C. Wilson
jcw at wilsonet.com
Sat Nov 8 21:15:24 EST 2003
On Nov 8, 2003, at 14:05, Harry Orenstein wrote:
> Anybody notice this on EBay:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> ViewItem&item=2764087217&category=3759
I had not, thank you for the pointer. (AVerMedia M179, a card very
similar to the WinTV PVR-250/Freestyle/OEM, for those who don't want to
follow the link).
> Apparently there are 500 of these cards available. They are not 100%
> compatible with the IVTV
> driver yet, but the card seems to be one of the ones planned for
> near-term full support.
Yes, I believe full support for it isn't far off.
> The price seems incredible. If I didn't already have a PVR-250 and
> weren't such a cheap SOB I
> might plunk down the money just to get PIP working and to mess around
> with the advanced
> course in conflict resolution.
I went ahead and bid on two. For $50, I figure why not. :)
Worst-case, I'll use one w/the Hush PC we just got at work and an XP
MCE project we're working on...
--
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
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