[mythtv-users] DVB card support/features?

[James Hansen]

> Someone will correct me here, but my feeling is that since
> MythTV can't do a lot with the extra features some of the newer cards have,
> there is little point in getting one.

ahh..  thanks again..

just curious, but what are these extra features?

james


On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 13:05, Rob Willett wrote:
> James,
> 
> Choose carefully as many of the cards look the same and are branded the same but
> have a different chipset. e.g. Avermedia DVB-T as both the M179 (supported) and
> the 771 (not really supported) versions. I'm told that there are at least three
> different versions of the Hauppauge Nova-T card as well. This is the sort of
> utter bollocks (English slang word meaning testicles to our American friends)
> that gives computers a bad name.
> 
> I have a Nebula DVB card but can't say that I'm really that enamoured with it.
> In hindsight I would have got an AverMedia M179 card or the Hauppauge card.
> 
> Overall support seems to be much the same for cards that work. 
> 
> Basically go for the older cards and they are more likely to be supported than
> the newer cards. Someone will correct me here, but my feeling is that since
> MythTV can't do a lot with the extra features some of the newer cards have,
> there is little point in getting one. Definitely a case of cheaper is better.
> 
> Rob.
> 
> Quoting James Hansen <mythtv at f0rmula.com>:
> 
> > Are there any differences between the mainstream DVB-T cards or their
> > support or functionality within myth?
> > 
> > I'm referring to the cards listed in the link below:
> > 
> > http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/CARDS
> > 
> > Are cards based on a similar chip all similar cards, and does the chip a
> > card is based around make a great deal of difference?  
> > 
> > Oh, and do people generally have a preference at all over brand?  I'd
> > probably be looking at getting a hauppauge nova, if all other things are
> > equal..
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > James
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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