Re: MythTV to the next level.

From: Brock Campbell <lists_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Sat Mar 17 2007 - 12:36:54 CST

OK, I'm really confused by this HDTV / cable stuff.

Will this PC card work with the Shaw Digital Feed? Do I have to use
their converter and then push that to the PC?

Has anybody done the Myth box with shaw digital?

On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 11:04 -0600, Les Klassen Hamm wrote:
> Dylan Griffiths wrote:
> > Les Klassen Hamm wrote:
> >> The PCHDTV PC-5500 (or the HD 3000, its predecessor) seems to be one
> >> of the most common choices for building with myth. And it's not very
> >> expensive. The expensive part is that everything else needs to be
> >> bigger or faster to deal with the larger content.
> >
> > What kind of cost is involved, and where would I get one? My mythTV box
> > is rather overspecced anyway (Athlon 64 w/ tonnes of RAM), thanks tor
> > NCIX.com and the march of hardware prices ever downward :)
>
> These guys http://pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html seem ready to sell you one for
> $129 USD plus shipping (about $20 USPS to Canada).
>
> It's cool to see a product that supports linux, and then says "Microsoft
> and Apple operating systems are currently not supported."
>
> > A few info pages say it does OTA HDTV, but I don't think anyone here
> > broadcasts in HDTV, and I personally don't care for local channels...
>
> Check http://pchdtv.com/faq.html for details.
> Les...
>
>
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