[AuckLUG] All about PVR cards ?

[Steven Ellis]

Nevyn wrote:
> Not at all from personal experience on the basis that I've always gone
> for the BT8xx chipset just so that I can decode skytv uhf and watch
> the wrestling which I can't justify buying sky tv for, I've always
> understood that the PVR series of chipset is brilliant.
So do you have a Linux tool for Sky UHF?
> The best site for new zealand specific information on setting up the a
> PVR chipset (specifically the PVR-500) is:
> http://zaf.geek.nz/projects/mythtv/
>
> I've been meaning to ask this question of the rest of this list for a
> while now. Does the MCE rating\name or whatever it is, mean that it's
> different in anyway whatsoever? Does a PVR-500 work in the same way
> and with the same settings etc. if it's a PVR-500 MCE?
>
Minor differences, but not enough to matter to an NZ user.

Generally the PVR 150 series are excellent, and the 500 have some minor
niggles with poor signals due to the built in splitter.

Join the NZ MythTV mailing list for more info or take a look at
http://www.mythtv.co.nz

Steve


> On 12/8/06, Ronald Johns <ronaldj at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>> Hi again all,
>>               Back with another tech prob thats a bit past me.I am
>> getting into PC TV such as Myth etc and would like to know of a safe PVR
>> card that will run with Fedora 5 on my PC.
>> I am looking at Hauppauge units which I have been told run with
>> Myth.Also I would like RF in and s-video in.
>> Any suggestions ?.
>> Regards
>> Ron.
>
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