[mythtvnz] Hauppauge NOVA-T-500 and Hauppauge NOVA-T-500 HD

Steven Ellis steven at openmedia.co.nz
Mon Sep 8 04:38:44 BST 2008


On 7/09/2008, at 10:42 PM, Kenneth Dixon wrote:

> Hi David,
> I have the standard Hauppauge NOVA-T-500, and it is
> definitely HD capable, and has dual tuners. I suspect
> Hauppauge have just tacked on the 'HD' to make it sound
> cooler.
> I would recommend this card if you are think of buying one.
> Be aware it consists of two USB tuners and a USB hub built
> onto the PCI card, I know this sounds like a hack, but it
> works well.
>

Just tried one of the "HD" boxed variants under Ubuntu 8.04 with no  
issues.

I think the main difference is for Windows users as the HD version  
comes with freeview|HD compatible software now.

Steve


Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz

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