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Well I live In Costa Rica, Our Standars are basically the same as in USA, NTSC, analog transmision over the cable <BR>
( well there's also digital, but there are no QAM channels, so everything is encrypted ) as I said there's one channel with ASTC, <BR>
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I was looking yesterday at the support for linux for the "Hauppauge HVR-1600" and it seems promising but I would like to know some hands on user experiences.<BR>
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Interesting enough yesterday I searched for the PVR-500 on that same page you wrote and it returned no results, and I did a lot of different searches, ^^;<BR>
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On other stores where they had it "listed" they all showed discontinued, or out of stock.<BR>
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Also there's a note on the mythtv wiki that it says that in holland it is discontinued, so I wonder. <BR>
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<BR>On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Roberto Salvatierra<BR><robertosalvatierra@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> First of all, Hello !<BR>><BR>> Topic: WinTV-PVR 500 not made anymore, what card with dual recorders do you<BR>> recommend.<BR>><BR>> now for the last few weeks, I have been doing this and that to get a my PC<BR>> working with MYTHtv, everything is FINE now, I am using a very old,<BR>> avermedia tv98, for my tests ( I do not live in USA ) so I had to make my<BR>> own EPG from various sources of the web, I have a soldered XBOX IR for<BR>> remote control ( my avermedia tv98 did not work ) I have APCI working to<BR>> save electricty, everything connected to my TV, using an old 6200 Nvida<BR>> Card, Everything works AWESOME.<BR>><BR>> Now, I want to finish it, adding a dual capture card like the Hauppauge<BR>> Personal Video Recorder WinTV-PVR 500, but I came to the web searching for<BR>> it and I found that it is discontinued, It seems I can find others on EBAY,<BR>> but I really really want a new card since this will replace completly the<BR>> VERY expensive PVR I get from my cable company right now.<BR>><BR>> I was looking at the "WinTV-HVR-2250", it seems very nice specially<BR>> considering it gets ATSC, and ONE channel where I live transmits HD over<BR>> ATSC, so it would be nice to have that, but it seems there is no linux<BR>> support for it, I do have the Single slot PCI Express, (PCIe) X1 port for<BR>> it, so I could use it, if not I really need either a PCI card or a PCIE1/2.<BR>> because those are my options ( well I could use USB also, but I do not know<BR>> of a dual turner that uses USB )<BR>><BR>> there's also the "WinTV-HVR-1800" that would do the trick, but no linix<BR>> support.<BR>><BR>> so what would you recommend ? the feature I NEED is the dual analog cable<BR>> tunner, ( please HARDWARE ENCODE ) and it has to work over regular PCI slot,<BR>> (PCIe) X1, or USB, the ATSC would be awesome ( not required ) but it has to<BR>> be completly supported by Linux.<BR>><BR>> Thank you very much.<BR>><BR>> RS.<BR>><BR>> I am using Ubunthu with MythTv 0.21, Biostar MOBO ( it was what is had )<BR>> award bios, with a 2.6 MHZ Celeron processor.<BR>><BR>><BR> <BR>Looks like it's still for sale:<BR><A onclick=onClickUnsafeLink(event); href="http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware2.asp?product=pvr500mcekit" target=_blank>http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware2.asp?product=pvr500mcekit</A><BR> <BR>You said you're not in the US, what country are you in? That could<BR>possibly impact recommendations.<BR><BR><br /><hr />Time for vacation? WIN what you need. <a href='http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm' target='_new'>Enter Now!</a></body>
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