[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

[Robert Lewis]

Thanks. I went to their site and read everything.

It is about $50-$60 more than I can buy the Pinnacle for.
The current very old Pinnacle card that I have (non-HD) I
plugged and it just worked on Linux.  Will an HD Pinnacle
card not work without me going through a bunch of push-ups ?
Are you telling me that things will go more smoothly with the
HDTV HD5500 to warrant the increase in expense?

Also, does anyone have a solution for how I can play back
a recorded HD session on the big TV on the other side of
the house?

Cheers,
Bob

u235sentinel wrote:
> Personally I like the HDTV 3000 card
>
> http://www.pchdtv.com/
>
> I've used it for some time with MythTV and have recommended it ever
> since.
>
> FYI.. it was originally developed for Linux.  i understand someone has
> written drivers for it under Windows now.
>
>
>
> Robert Lewis wrote:
>> Before I go out and make a mistake I thought I would ask for your
>> insight.
>>
>> I recently purchased a SAMSUNG 22" wide screen for my computer
>> which I am impressed with.
>>
>> I now want to purchase a HI DEV PCI card so that I can watch HI DEF
>> on occasion on this monitor.
>>
>> I see multiple brands of cards out there. However, I am kind of leaning
>> to the Pinnacle PCTV card:
>> http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5410479?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
>>
>> I require the QAM tuner as I don't pay for any special services for the
>> extended
>> HD channels but get several channels now on my HD TV in the living room.
>> It only goes to 1080i but I probably will be fine with that. (Your
>> thoughts welcome)
>>
>> Eventually I would like to use the computer to record some Hi Def shows.
>> and I understand this can be done with MYTH TV ?  Is this the best
>> program
>> for doing this?
>>
>> Since my computer is on the other side of the house from the main TV
>> and suggestions on how I can playback a recorded HI DEF TV program on
>> the computer to come through the main TV?   I was thinking about using a
>> Large USB external drive and then playing it back on the big TV with my
>> laptop VGA cable through the computer.  Works great now as a monitor
>> with this 42" screen.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance for your sage advice,
>> Bob
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