[TriLUG] DVR

Dave Schwartzburg rooney at uwalumni.com
Thu Oct 10 15:46:16 EDT 2002


I am currently thinking about getting a video card with TV input 
capability.  The two I am looking at are the ATI All-in-wonder 8500 w/ 
128mb ddr ram.  The other is the nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 Personal Cinema.

Basically, I want to be able to do DVR on my PC, play TV shows back on 
my TV, and not be limited to a TiVo-type box with a monthly fee.  What I 
am concerned about is that I have tried TV-out from a ATI card (ATI 
Radeon VE 32mb ddr) via S-Video before, and the picture I get on my TV 
has been far from good.  I am wondering if anyone has any experience 
using either of these cards, particularly in Linux, but also in general, 
and whether they have gotten good quality going from PC to TV.

Thanks,
Dave



Bryan Burroughs wrote:

> Hey,
>    I happened to run across this page the other day concerning TV 
> Tuner cards.  Maybe you want to check it out...
>        http://www.freeos.com/articles/3007/
>    Bryan Burroughs
>






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