[ubuntu-uk] PCI Tv tuner cards

[piskie]

Thanks for the link - yea - I'll be wanting a digital one.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

piskie


Rob Beard wrote:
> piskie wrote:
>> Hey people - a little bit of help or misdirection needed - :)
>>
>> Looking for recommendations for a PCI tv tuner card which works without
>> TOO much trouble.
>>
>> Mostly using Intrepid - sometimes Jaunty - but not worried about bugs
>> there for obvious reasons as yet.
>>
>> Nvidia GeForce6200 card if it makes a difference.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> piskie
>>
> 
> I'd also suggest the Hauppage cards, they're probably the best supported 
> cards out of the box.
> 
> You don't mention if you want an analogue tuner card or a Freeview card. 
>   If you want an Analogue one then probably anything with a BT848 or 
> BT878 chipset would work (which covers most analogue PCI TV Tuner 
> cards).  For Digital cards check out this site...
> 
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> 
> You'd be looking for DVB cards (DVB-T for Terestrial i.e. Freeview, and 
> DVB-S for Freesat).
> 
> Rob
>