Re: TV Tuner
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 03:12:31PM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote:
> > From: Thomas H. George [mailto:lists@tomgeorge.info]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:47 PM
> >
> > I recently emeraged from the dark ages and purchased a 23" LCD monitor.
> > Now I am wondering about purchasing a TV tuner and connecting the cable
> > box (Comcast) to the pc rather than replacing my 15 year old analog tv
> > set. Nothing larger than a 27" LCD TV will fit in the solid cherry tv
> > cabinet, hardly large than the monitor.
> >
> > Any comments?
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> As for tuner cards, the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 works well, I have one.
> It's PCI Express. There are also PCI, USB, and networked tuners, such as the
> HDHomeRun. However, with a tuner card, it's highly likely the only channels
> that won't be encrypted will be your locals.
Purchased and installed Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250. After installation
X-window failed to start, error message Type1, no such module. lspci
showed multimedia video controller Conexant Device 8880 (rev 4) had been
added. Removed the board until I learn how to correct this problem.
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> I invite you to come over to the Linux HTPC section on AVS Forums
> (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=76) where we blab on and
> on about HTPC's with Linux.
>
Perhaps I will learn the solution to my problem at this forum?
Tom
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