[mythtv-users] TV Wonder 650

[Kevin Kuphal]

On 10/15/07, Michael Wisniewski <wiz561 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I wonder if anybody is using this card and how much of a headache it
> is to get it to work with a 2.6.22 kernel.  I see that v4l supports
> the ATI TV Wonder card, but doesn't specify which models.  I saw on
> Engadget today this card and was thinking about getting it...
>
> http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/15/amd-unveils-trio-of-new-ati-tv-wonders/
> http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/ATI_TV_Wonder_650_Combo_PCI_Express_Review/
>
> I have a pvr-150 and Kworld 110 card.  The Kworld card sometimes gives
> me a headache, but the pvr-150 works great.  This TV Wonder card says
> that it has two tuners that can use OTA or unencrypted QAM, and
> built-in mpeg compression.  If I am able to utilize both tuners at the
> same time for HD and/or analog cable, I might get rid of my Kworld and
> pickup one of these.

My general rule for cards is that unless it is on the list at
linuxtv.org, figure it is unusable.  For non-DVB style cards, I
generally assume that if it was made in the past 2 years, it unusable.

Kevin