[mythtvnz] Getting Prime - Analogue USB tuner?

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Ross and Jemima
Knudsen<ross.jemima at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've really been missing Prime TV.  I was kind of hoping that it might
> might make it to Freeview but it seems like it could be a year or two
> away!  So I am wondering what the best way is for me to get it running
> on my system.  I currently have a Hauppauge Win Nova-T 500 DVB-T dual
> tuner installed.  I increased the virtual tuner count so I can record of
> up to two muxes simultaneously which I think is all I'm going to need
> for the channels/content available at the moment.  So I'm reluctant to
> buy HVR 2200 (although it does look tasty) or similar dual function card
> and thought that maybe an analogue USB tuner might do the trick in the
> meantime.  What do others do for Prime and is the USB an option and what
> recommendations are there.  I only have one PCIe card slot available now
> (should have bought a full sized motherboard).
>
> Ross

The moment you buy one Prime will go to freeview :)

There are hybrid digital/analogue pci-e card about (not sure how many
have linux drivers).

Not specifically aware of any usb analogue devices, but you could
consider a pci device in a slave backend?