[mythtv-users] TV card suitable for a mini-PCI?

[Matt Rude]

Alex Walker wrote:
> Hi, hope this is the right place to ask this...
>
> I have a slimline PC that I'd like to convert to a mythtv media centre.
> The problem is that it doesn't currently have a TV card in it and
> finding mini-PCI cards (of any kind) can be tricky and expensive.  I
> think I have 2 options in this case - find a mini-PCI card, or find an
> external USB card that will work OK.
>
> I'm wondering what is the cheapest option and if anyone has
> recommendations on what card/device to get.
>
> I'd like it to do hardware MPEG, just to save processor... although a P4
> 2.5GHz would probably cope.
>
> Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks.
>
> Alex
>
>   
The PVR-150 is a solid well supported card with mpeg2 encoding built in.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116629
for what you get $73.00 isn't bad.

-Matt