[mythtvnz] Freeview TV Tuners

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:00:09 +1200 (NZST)


On Tue, August 21, 2007 3:44 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> On Tue, August 21, 2007 2:54 pm, Barry Clearwater wrote:
>> wait, a pvr150 is a TV capture card not DVB though, if you wanted
>> terrestrial free to air for eg for prime and local UHF stations, you'd
>> still want something like a pvr150.
>>
>> On that note, (to the rest of the list...) I can get 2 different
>> pvr150's one is about 20% cheaper but it says for microsoft media. Is =
it
>> just without a remote? The card hardware surely must be the same, righ=
t?
>
> Not necessarily, but what you say is generally true, one doesn't have a
> remote (as it assumes there will be one on your MCE setup).
>
> Be aware though that overseas reports indicate that Hauppauge have been
> packaging another card as PVR150, but it is really something else, whic=
h
> doesn't work under linux.

This appeared to only happen in the US because they were low on stock
around Christmas.

Steve


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