recommendation for best tv video card?

[R Kimber]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:22:48 -0400
emperor <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> This link identifies chipsets used on a variety of tvcards. I have had
> the best luck with the saa173x series cards myself.
> 
> http://www.bttv-gallery.de/
> 
> I have also tried the newer CX88 series cards and found that the
> picture is the actual the best of the three drivers (bttv, saa1734 and
> cx88 ) but since it is newer there can be problems with sound or
> color. That's why I stick with saa173x based cards as the driver is
> more mature and the chipset is better than the bttv series.

So, are you saying that for any saa173x card, the software works 'out-
of-the-box' and provides functionality that goes beyond the ordinary
'watch TV and take a recording or snapshot' that, say, xawtv provides
with a bttv card?

It would be helpful if you could name an actual hardware/software
combination.

- Richard
 -- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/