[TriLUG] Best HD/TV or Regular TV card for linux

John Turner jdturner at nc.rr.com
Mon Mar 27 12:27:45 EST 2006


Well the Fusion HDTV is listed on the EFF page you link to below:
	http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
Just under Windows. But as I said it is supported by the DVB drivers  
under Linux/MythTV.

John


On Mar 27, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> On 3/27/06, John Turner <jdturner at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> You might check out www.digitalconnection.com
>> I am using 2 DVICO FusionHDTV3 with the DVB driver in a Myth box.
>> I think the latest version is the FusionHDTV5.
>
> One thing to think about in buying an HDTV card is whether or not it
> does (bad) or doesn't (good) implement the broadcast flag
> http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/
>
> The broadcast flag is an attempt by the movie studios to restrict what
> can be done with digital TV material. THe FCC had written rules
> requiring implementation starting last summer, but the DC Circuit
> court tossed it out before it went into effect. There's pressure on
> Congress to enact it into law.  While there is a window, there are
> still cards available which don't implement it. Since most of the
> interesting uses of a capture flag wouldn't work if the broadcast flag
> were implemented it just might be an important factor in the buying
> decision.  The EFF recommends the card which Josh pointed to
> (http://www.pchdtv.com/) since it does NOT implement the flag.
>
> I tried looking at the digitalconnection web site to investigate the
> cards there, but gave up after firefox warned me about iffiness with
> their ssl certicates.
>
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