[mythtv-users] Avoiding Roslyn or Blackbird Hauppauge Cards
Milan Andric
mio at lebox.org
Thu Aug 12 23:09:38 EDT 2004
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:09:55PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
> Milan Andric wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:33:19PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Just make sure you don't get a Roslyn/Blackbird design for the PVR-250 (
> >>http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-index.php?page=SupportedHardware ). It
> >>won't work.
> >>
> >How does one know what card is Roslyn/Blackbird. I read the link above
> >but there's really no way of telling until you try it or look at the card?
> >
> >from what I gather, MythTV does not support :
> >
> >28xxx model (Roslyn)
> >or
> >CX23416 Encoder with CX23880 Audio/Video Digitizer combo (Blackbird)
> >
> >
> >I was planning on getting SL-980-B1.4-US ... It's the PVR250 + remote
> >http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=310591&pfp=srch1
> >
> >but i'm not sure where to crossreference this number.
> >
> >Any advice?
> >
> >
> A friend of mine who's building a system just got one from newegg.com (
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=15-116-602&depa=0
> ). They include a picture of the card that can be compared to
> http://www.shspvr.com/pvr_model/haup_roslyn.jpg . Notice the two
> Conexant chips (iTVC15/16 and Blackbird chips) in the bottom right of
> the Roslyn card. The picture of the one at newegg (
> http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=15-116-602-06.JPG ) has
> only one Conexant chip (the iTVC15/16).
Hi Michael,
thanks for clearing that up. i was confused and thought blackbird/roslyn
referred to two cards. the newegg card is also in stock!
>
> Yeah, I know that newegg doesn't always ship the card in the picture,
> but it's better than getting a picture of a box. The one that arrived
> was identical to the one in the picture. And, on the bright side, it's
> $20 cheaper than CompUSA.
You just saved me $20!!
>
> There are also a couple of eBay "Buy It Now" deals that show pictures or
> explicitly say they work on Linux (
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3761&item=5115581636&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
> and
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3761&item=5114916952&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
> ).
>
> Mike
Thanks again!
--
Milan
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