[LUNI] OT: Linux-friendly TV Tuners for sale

[Andrew Close]

On 6/9/07, sten <lists at redboy.cx> wrote:
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> Hi, list-
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> I've got a pair of Hauppauge PVR-250 PCI cards that I've been using in my MythTV box, but Comcast just shut off the analog signal here, which makes them useless to me [1]. These are great cards- you build the IVTV module, and you can just cat /dev/videoN and you've got an MPEG2 file. Works flawlessly with MythTV, never had a problem with them. I poked around on the web, and the lowest price I see them new is $120. How's $75 apiece sound? I'm in Hyde Park and somewhat flexible on pickup times.
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> -sten
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> [1] I'm fully aware that I can pay Comcast to send me 2 upgraded converter boxes at an extra charge, and spend weeks hacking scripts to try to control the converter boxes from MythTV over serial cables. I think I'd rather read a book.

Comcast is the most annoying...  :)
i had/have the same prob.  Comcast went completely digital in my area
and now i'm without decent Myth capture ability.  i still get a fairly
decent signal from an antenna, so my Mythbox gets its feed from the
antenna.

i'll second the PVR-250 being an excellent card for analog capture.

Sten, if you don't get any bites locally (LUNI), you may want to check
with the MythTv mailing list (mythtv-users at mythtv.org)