[mythtv-users] Re: Do I need a tuner card with DirecTV?

[Robert Kulagowski]

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> > I'm a little green in the area of capture/tuner cards, and 
> can't seem 
> > to
> > find a definitive answer to one question: If I'm using a
> > satellite  receiver
> > (DirecTV RCA 420RD), do I actually need a TV tuner card or 
> just a video
> > capture card (I'm guessing that there are cards that simply 
> captured an
> > already "tuned" source)?

If you really, really, really just want a card that has a Bt878 but
no tuner, you could get an Osprey.  But that's overkill, and will
cost more than just getting a cheap card that already has a tuner and
just using the SVideo input.

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