[mythtv] Hardware Questions

[Rick Warner]

On Monday 20 January 2003 09:35 am, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote:
> I'm looking at building a MythTV box, and I have 2 questions (well, I'm
> sure I have more, but these are the 2 that stand out right now).
>
> 1.  Any opinions on the Hauppauge WinTV-Theater card?  As far as I can
> tell from my research, all features of the card, including the FM
> receiver and surround out, are supported under Linux.  I understand the
> FM receiver won't work with MythTV, but it looks like everything else
> should.  I'd just like to double check before I spend any money.
>
> 2.  I've seen several sites that say I should avoid using the TV out on
> my video card and get a VGA to NTSC converter instead.  Is this a
> generally held opinion?  Are there any video cards with good TV out that
> I should get.  On the other hand, are there cards with particularly bad
> TV out that I should avoid?

I am using an nvidia geforce 3 w/ tv out (apg, 64MB, vga out and svid out)made 
my visiontek with very good quality

> Thanks for any tips you might have.
>
> Woogie
>
>
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