[mythtv-users] Cheap MPEG cards

and hons at rcn.com
Sun Nov 9 13:41:00 EST 2003


Do anyone know if the cards are they pal or ntsc?
I couldn't find any info on ebay or the avermedia site
rgds
anders

On Nov 8, 2003, at 6:15 PM, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2003, at 14:05, Harry Orenstein wrote:
>
>> Anybody notice this on EBay:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
>> ViewItem&item=2764087217&category=3759
>
> I had not, thank you for the pointer. (AVerMedia M179, a card very  
> similar to the WinTV PVR-250/Freestyle/OEM, for those who don't want  
> to follow the link).
>
>> Apparently there are 500 of these cards available.  They are not 100%  
>> compatible with the IVTV
>> driver yet, but the card seems to be one of the ones planned for  
>> near-term full support.
>
> Yes, I believe full support for it isn't far off.
>
>> The price seems incredible.  If I didn't already have a PVR-250 and  
>> weren't such a cheap SOB I
>> might plunk down the money just to get PIP working and to mess around  
>> with the advanced
>> course in conflict resolution.
>
> I went ahead and bid on two. For $50, I figure why not. :)
>
> Worst-case, I'll use one w/the Hush PC we just got at work and an XP  
> MCE project we're working on...
>
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