[mythtv-users] New to Myth - Capture Card Question

[Rajiv Ranjan]

go for hdhomerun or PCHDTV 5000

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Todd Davis <toddhd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I am VERY new to Myth and PVR in general. I have a DVR at home that Comcast
> supplies, but I'm not really happy with it, and want something a little more
> functional.
>
> I've been reading, reading, reading about Myth TV in order to prepare for
> what hardware to order. The most confusing issue for me however is the
> question of Tuner Cards. I really like the cards that have the hardware
> based encoding, and the PVR-350 seems to be mentioned over and over again. I
> also like that the PVR-350 has two input tuners. But I have two problems
> with this:
>
> 1) It's no longer in production. I can find them just fine on EBay, but it
> doesn't bode well for support.
> 2) It doesn't support OpenGL, and the Myth-TV page says the newer builds of
> MythTV will be using OpenGL for the menus, as well as stuff like MythGames.
>
> I am assuming that there is a newer, shinier card which would be a good
> replacement for the PVR-350, but looking at myriad of tuners on say
> NewEgg.com, I have no idea which ones work with Linux/MythTV, and which have
> caveats that I, as a newb, would be unaware of.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> --
> -Todd Davis
> www.SeaburyDesign.com <http://www.seaburydesign.com/>
>
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