[Cialug] MythTV HD tuner?

[Jeff Chapin]

For anyone interested, sellout.woot.com has a mythtv compatible refurb
HD PCI tuner for sale today (12/11/08) for $19.99 each, plus $5 shipping.

Only supports unencrypted channels, but comes with FM and a remote
control, and it also supports analog signals in one device. It appears
to be a software encoding card, sadly, so it requires a bit of power to
the box to get the work done. Most reviewers seem to agree, great
hardware, terrible software when it comes to this card, but if you use
third party software, you ought to be just fine.

Seems to work out of the box with 2.6.25 or higher, or (*shudder*)
Windows MCE with a patch.

Links:
http://sellout.woot.com/Default.aspx?WootSaleId=7633&ts=1228982318&sig=5e759b03caa35eaa
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_(800i)

Jeff Chapin

David Champion wrote:
> Here's a new article about building a HTPC:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200812-htpc.ars
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