[mythtv-users] hauppauge wintv pci II / hauppauge freesytle

[Buchanan, Paul]

>Does this card have it's own encoder so that it doesn't use CPU
>resources.

Yes, the Freestyle is essentially a PVR-250 with different inputs.  The
Freestyle has both a composite and a coaxial input, and no remote control.

>I see it is cheaper than the PVR-250 cards by about $30.
It is cheaper since there is no remote control hardware, and it does not
include the windows software package.

>How well is it supported by XFree86 / MythTV?
The Freestyle uses the same ivtv drivers as the PVR-250, so it is supported
just as well in XFree and MythTV.

Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Howard [mailto:tom at sagoons.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:57 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: Who sells Hauppauge Freestyle 
> besides z-buy.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I too was disapointed that newegg stopped stocking them.  However, I 
> found one place that still carrys it.
> 
http://www.cnetpc.com/tvtuner.asp    Listed as HAUPPAUGE WINTV PVR PCI
II 


--Tom