[mythtv-users] DVB-T card buying advice

Colin Bell colinabell at gmail.com
Tue Sep 19 09:18:34 UTC 2006


A PVR-500 should be fine. Linux sees two seperate PCI devices. A  
PVR-500 works exactly the same as two PVR-150's. Just it only takes  
one PCI slot.

On 19 Sep 2006, at 10:05, Ben Francis wrote:

> I used to own a Hauppauge Nova-t PCI but it doesn't work any more  
> so I'm
> looking to buy a new DVB-T card. I was thinking of buying the
> WinTV-HVR-1100 but when I went to purchase it online I noticed that
> Hauppauge have brought out a new dual DVB-T card, the Nova-T-500  
> which I
> actually prefer the look of.
> (http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_novat500.html).
>
> Because the card is so new I don't expect a Linux driver will be
> available. Can anyone advise on which card to buy and how long it is
> likely to be until a Linux driver for the new Nova-T-500 comes out of
> the Linux community?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> --
> Ben "tola" Francis
> http://hippygeek.co.uk
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