[mythtv-users] Australian Setup Help Needed

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:11:44PM +1100, Phill Edwards wrote:
> > I have 2 VisionPlus VisionDTV TER (i believe they're rebranded twinhan cards
> > or something). They work really well for me, no effort at all to get working
> > with linux + myth. Got them for $115 each.
> 
> Any other recommendations on good/easy to install & configure digital
> TV cards to use for Australia from anyone? I'd been steering clear of
> digital because there are lots of tales of woe with them in this list!

The DPANDA card (from dpanda.com.au) works out of the box with all the
recent 2.6 kernels. Nova-Ts will as well, if you get one of the older
ones; the brand new ones require the latest kernel + patches still I
think.

> Also, what sort of disk space are you using for a 1hr program with a
> digital card on SD settings?

Anywhere from 2.5 to 4 Gb, depending on the station.

Hamish
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