[mythtv-users] pcHDTV HD 5500

[Nathan Smith]

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Ron Garrison wrote:

> On 8/24/06, Jim C. <jlistnews at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've just purchased two of these and thought I might inquire as to how
> > well supported they might be.  Will they play well with MythTV?
>
>
>
> They should work fine.  They use the same basic drivers as the Airstar
> HD-5000, which works fine with MythTV.  You will need an updated Kernel for
> out of the box support.  Not certain what that is.  I'm running 2.6.16.22a.
> I don't think it had the updated version of the driver that added PCHD5500,
> but I could be wrong.

According to their web site, kernel 2.6.18 will include support for the
5500 (which to my knowledge is not out yet.) I had to use the drivers from
their site for my kernel (version 2.6.16.) It works beautifully, though.
Great picture quality.

Nate