TV card

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jan 23, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
>
> If the ability to record is secondary, I'd go with the simplest  
> cards. I have a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card, which is excellent for  
> recording (I was actually too lazy to set up a full DVR - we record  
> using a glorified "cat /dev/video0 >  show.mpg"), but it is much  
> more difficult to watch live TV with it (couldn't get it to work,  
> even though, in theory, /dev/video24 should work just like with the  
> dumb card).


Except for the fact that over the air analog TV broadcasts are  
scheduled to stop Feb 2.If you don't have HOT, YES, or a private  
satellite dish, the cards will "go dark" without an external decoder.

Geoff

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