NOOOOOOOOO...... This is the card I was talking about earlier! If you get this card be prepared for a headache!!! I originally bought it when it was introduced to the market by <a href="http://woot.com">woot.com</a> (they set up some deal to release it first).<br>
<br>1.) ATSC/QAM/NTSC = ATSC is a pain enough to set up in Windows (Vista x64...x86 may be easier?) but QAM is just now getting support w/ beta drivers. I have yet to get a quality HD show to work with this board. Tried w/ Mythbuntu and I'm still fighting issues w/ my video driver & this card, so not much luck there. NTSC has never worked for me in linux, but did in Windows....<br>
<br>2.) FM...haven't even tried<br><br>3.) IR Remote...ok, so that kinda works as advertised.<br><br>4.) Linux...best be using the LATEST kernel or it's a hack-job to get this board to work.<br><br>5.) Software encoded...use a POWERFUL system. I tried it on a single core 3GHz and had troubles...but they could all be software problems....still, when encoding HD it seems to suck up a ton of CPU usage.<br>
<br>IF anyone DOES get this and get's it to work I'd LOVE to know what you did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought it and now I'm stuck trying to get it to work....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Jeff Chapin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chapinjeff@gmail.com">chapinjeff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
For anyone interested, <a href="http://sellout.woot.com" target="_blank">sellout.woot.com</a> has a mythtv compatible refurb<br>
HD PCI tuner for sale today (12/11/08) for $19.99 each, plus $5 shipping.<br>
<br>
Only supports unencrypted channels, but comes with FM and a remote<br>
control, and it also supports analog signals in one device. It appears<br>
to be a software encoding card, sadly, so it requires a bit of power to<br>
the box to get the work done. Most reviewers seem to agree, great<br>
hardware, terrible software when it comes to this card, but if you use<br>
third party software, you ought to be just fine.<br>
<br>
Seems to work out of the box with 2.6.25 or higher, or (*shudder*)<br>
Windows MCE with a patch.<br>
<br>
Links:<br>
<a href="http://sellout.woot.com/Default.aspx?WootSaleId=7633&ts=1228982318&sig=5e759b03caa35eaa" target="_blank">http://sellout.woot.com/Default.aspx?WootSaleId=7633&ts=1228982318&sig=5e759b03caa35eaa</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_%28800i%29" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_(800i)</a><br>
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David Champion wrote:<br>
> Here's a new article about building a HTPC:<br>
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> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200812-htpc.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200812-htpc.ars</a><br>
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