[mythtvnz] MythTV installation advice wanted

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:02:23 +1200

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Try pricespy.co.nz ( http://www.pricespy.co.nz/pno_853.html ) the OEM 
card only ("Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE TV Tuner PCI OEM")  (no remote 
need to buy it separately) is as low as $133.  Cheers Douglas.

Robert Fisher wrote:
> On Monday 19 June 2006 6:41 am, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
>   
>> Criggie wrote:
>>     
>>> They're fine cards - the saa7134 module is in the linux kernel and is
>>> nicely stable.  However it has no mpeg compressor, so your CPU will be
>>> doing a lot more work.
>>>
>>> If you want to buy a new/second tuner card you cannot go past a
>>> PVR-150MCE card.  They're well under $150, and have hardware mpeg2
>>> compression.
>>>       
>> Where can I find one for under $150? Everywhere I have seen them they
>> are more than that.
>>     
>
> http://www.ascent.co.nz have them for exactly $150
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Try pricespy.co.nz ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pricespy.co.nz/pno_853.html">http://www.pricespy.co.nz/pno_853.html</a> ) the OEM
card only ("Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE TV Tuner PCI OEM")&nbsp; (no remote
need to buy it separately) is as low as $133.&nbsp; Cheers Douglas.<br>
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Robert Fisher wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On Monday 19 June 2006 6:41 am, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">Criggie wrote:
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      <pre wrap="">They're fine cards - the saa7134 module is in the linux kernel and is
nicely stable.  However it has no mpeg compressor, so your CPU will be
doing a lot more work.

If you want to buy a new/second tuner card you cannot go past a
PVR-150MCE card.  They're well under $150, and have hardware mpeg2
compression.
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    <pre wrap="">Where can I find one for under $150? Everywhere I have seen them they
are more than that.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ascent.co.nz">http://www.ascent.co.nz</a> have them for exactly $150

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