I need advice about hardware :) Tv tuner, Video card,etc..

[Adam Voigt]

I highly recommend the Happauge (not sure if that's spelled right)
PV-250, it's got on-board encoding, and very good support.


On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 11:52, Coume - Lubox.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My ATI all-in-wonder (2years old model) died one week ago... R.I.P.
> But this decided to build a new computer from scratch, brand new and the
> most important only running linux...
> As this computer is aimed at being a "multimedia box", in fact it's in
> my room and it is my Tv (linked to my VHS player), DVD player, music
> player, etc..
> I need to find hardware that are totally compatible with linux, and
> that's the more difficult thing to me :(
> 
> The most important one is the TV-tuner and the Video card...
> 
> Is one of you actually using a TV-tuner under linux? Which one would you
> advice me??
> - good quality of tuner
> - The perfect thing would be with integrated MPEG2 encoding/decoding
> - with a TV-out and TV-in
> - a remote (integrated or an added one if it can work under linux)
> 
> Any advice and experiences with your TV-tuner and video cards, the one
> to avoid or the one to buy! Feel free to let me know :)
> 
> Thxs in advance
> Ludo
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