[mythtv-users] PVR-150 Card - NTSC *and* PAL?

Carl Fongheiser carlfongheiser at gmail.com
Sat Feb 14 13:26:06 UTC 2009


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Bruce Nordstrand <brucen at ksl.com.au> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am looking at taking the plunge to record Foxtel here in Australia now my
> Myth system is finally stable and doing the right thing. I found there are a
> ton of these cards on ebay.com. I just wanted to check that a card from the
> US can actually receive in PAL format as well before I go buying one. I ask
> this question because 1 card I looked at had this:
>
> Graphics Resolution:           720 x 480 NTSC D1
>                               720 x 576 PAL D1
>                               352 x 240 NTSC MPEG-1
>                               352 x 288 PAL MPEG-1
>
> Any clarification would be very much appreciated.

The digitizer portion can handle either NTSC or PAL.  It's the tuner
that varies by region.  If you're going to feed it composite or
S-Video, you're in good shape.

Carl Fongheiser


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