[mythtv-users] Uh-oh... pcHDTV slashdotted

[Wendy Seltzer]

At 3:51 PM -0500 11/8/04, Paul Kidwell wrote:
>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Yan-Fa Li
>>
>>  FCC Broadcast flag...
>>
>>  http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
>>
>>  Just say no.  Apparently equipment available before the date is
>>  grandfathered in.  Therefore the Frenzy to buy pcHDTV :D

Yes, July 1, 2005, is the last date HDTV tuner cards can be 
manufactured without DRM.  Pre-flag cards will continue to work as 
they always have, and can even be re-sold, but who knows when 
quantities will get even scarcer.

>I've been thinking about this for a while now and I'm figuring that it
>might be a good idea to join the frenzy while the "pre-flag" cards are
>still available.
>
>So, I'd like y'all's opinions...
>
>What would be the best card to get if I was looking for a card that did
>everything MythTV needed to be done, didn't cost an arm and a leg, and
>was as easy to get running as a PVR250???

So far, the pcHDTV is the only one we've seen with Linux drivers. 
(There are rumors of some success with drivers for the Dvico, but I 
haven't tested.)  It's still a little more difficult to get HD 
working than SD, but several Myth developers have been doing great 
work to get the kinks worked out.  Thanks!

--Wendy
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Wendy Seltzer -- wendy at seltzer.com || wendy at eff.org
Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/