[Gllug] TV tuner cards

[Martin A. Brooks]

Kostas Georgiou wrote:
> I am using a Hauppauge Nova-S pci card for a few years now, I am not sure
> about the exact model but lspci is reporting it as:
>  05:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
> it is receiving BBC HD without problems (playback is a problem though)
> so I think it should be able to handle freesat once it's launched this
> spring. The lack of proper EPG (only now and next info is available since
> Sky is using it's own format to transmit the weekly data) is a pain if you
> want to schedule recordings in mythtv though. 

I took a long hard look at the all the options for a reasonable PVR 
system and ended up buying one of these:

http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/pvr-9200tbx.asp

No network is a tiny pest, but more than made up for by everything Just 
Working[tm].
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