[mythtv-users] Broadcom HD card and mini PCIe to PCI adapter working

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Frank Merrill <fmerrill1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For those who have a system that has no mini-PCIe slot, but still want
> to test the Broadcom Crystal HD Decoder card:
>
> Although decoding via a Crystal HD is not yet available in MythTV, I
> went ahead and obtained a Broadcom BCM70012 mini-PCIe decoder to test
> with.
> I actually don't have any machine that has a mini-PCIe slot, so I
> decided to try an adapter.
> I finally found one at a reasonable price ($14 USD), previous ones I
> found were $25 USD or more:
>
> http://www.titanwirelessonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RB-11E

Have you seen a low profile one in your travels?

> I may also take the HD card on this adapter and plug it into another
> adapter (a PCIe X1 to PCI) to see if it can be made to work in just a
> PCI slot, but without looking at the numbers, I'd guess the PCI bus
> would be a limiting factor.

I suspect so.