[mythtv-users] Cheap MPEG cards

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Sat Nov 8 21:15:24 EST 2003


On Nov 8, 2003, at 14:05, Harry Orenstein wrote:

> Anybody notice this on EBay:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
> ViewItem&item=2764087217&category=3759

I had not, thank you for the pointer. (AVerMedia M179, a card very  
similar to the WinTV PVR-250/Freestyle/OEM, for those who don't want to  
follow the link).

> Apparently there are 500 of these cards available.  They are not 100%  
> compatible with the IVTV
> driver yet, but the card seems to be one of the ones planned for  
> near-term full support.

Yes, I believe full support for it isn't far off.

> The price seems incredible.  If I didn't already have a PVR-250 and  
> weren't such a cheap SOB I
> might plunk down the money just to get PIP working and to mess around  
> with the advanced
> course in conflict resolution.

I went ahead and bid on two. For $50, I figure why not. :)

Worst-case, I'll use one w/the Hush PC we just got at work and an XP  
MCE project we're working on...

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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