[mythtv-users] TV card suitable for a mini-PCI?

[jason]

mini-pci guys.  Like what you find in laptops.   I would see if you can 
get a glimpse at a Toshiba qosmio, they have TV Tuners, but Im not sure 
if they are onboard or mini-pci.

Matt Rude wrote:
> Alex Walker wrote:
>   
>> Hi, hope this is the right place to ask this...
>>
>> I have a slimline PC that I'd like to convert to a mythtv media centre.
>> The problem is that it doesn't currently have a TV card in it and
>> finding mini-PCI cards (of any kind) can be tricky and expensive.  I
>> think I have 2 options in this case - find a mini-PCI card, or find an
>> external USB card that will work OK.
>>
>> I'm wondering what is the cheapest option and if anyone has
>> recommendations on what card/device to get.
>>
>> I'd like it to do hardware MPEG, just to save processor... although a P4
>> 2.5GHz would probably cope.
>>
>> Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>   
>>     
> The PVR-150 is a solid well supported card with mpeg2 encoding built in.
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116629
> for what you get $73.00 isn't bad.
>
> -Matt
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