[mythtv-users] completely new and have questions before I buy hardware

[Kevin Bailey]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:26:00PM -0700, Quenten Griffith wrote:
> 
> I live in the US and analog is going to go away in 2009.  I was going to
> purchase a PVR-350 card, however you can't find it any where since it is
> analog.  If I find this card, and just hook it up to coax (not the Timewarner
> box), will it still work after February 2009?

Not sure what is out your coax. If its a TV antenna, it won't
work in Feb.

>  If I get a digital based card
> (does anyone have recommendations that play well with Linux) will it work
> hooked to coax and not going through a cable box?

Again, if coax = antenna, it will work now and in Feb.

>  The CPU I plan on using is
> rather old it is a Athelon 64bit 3200, so I was looking for a card with the
> decoder/encoder built on the tvtuner card, however it appears only analog cards
> come with this feature, do the digital cards not need this?

For digital transmissions, you don't need to compress it.
It is sent and received already compressed.

A 3200 is considered borderline. I use a 3400 and it records,
commercial flags and plays over the air (antenna) stuff just fine.

All you need to do is pick up a digital tuner to give it a
try. Can't hurt.