[mythtv-users] Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T USB or something else?
Iain Buchanan
iaindb at netspace.net.au
Wed Jul 22 04:40:46 UTC 2009
Hi all,
I've just set up MythTV on an old 3GHz P4 laptop. So far I have no
tuner for the laptop (PCI card in my desktop). I'm using the laptop
initially as a frontend and backend, to sit in my entertainment cabinet,
as it has a built-in IR receiver. So far so good.
Now I've been reading about lots of hardware on linuxtv.org, and I want
something around the $AU 100 mark. There is a plethora of devices
listed at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices so
it's hard to research them all... I've been comparing prices online,
and this one looks pretty reasonable:
Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T USB for $99
So does anyone have experience with this unit? It states "HD(MPEG2) to
DVD/ MPEG4(Divx) conversion" - does this mean hardware MPEG4 or is that
just "in software"? can you get a hardware MPEG4 usb DVB-T device?
And as a final thought the laptop also has firewire and PCMCIA - any
comments on better idea's than the USB DVB-T device? Their respective
wiki pages look fairly empty!
Thanks for any help!
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace.net.au>
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