[mythtvnz] Freeview TV Tuners

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:38:34 +1200 (NZST)


On Tue, August 21, 2007 12:07 pm, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 8/21/07, Shannon Skinner <shannonsnz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Now that Freeview has been around for a little while, are there any
>> recommendations on Freeview compatible TV Tuner cards running under
>> Ubuntu specifically or Linux in general? Experiences? Good/bad? Does
>> the EPG work?
>>
>
> The SkyStar 2 seems to be the most popular and trouble free. I'd recomm=
end
> it. But any card that works at all should be able to pick up EPG data.

Likewise at the moment I'd recommend the SkyStar 2 cards.

It will be nice when the support for the HVR 3000/4000 cards stabilises.

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