[ILUG] OT: PCI TV tuner card for 50 bills

[Gerard Keating]

It's not a fantastic price,

Komplett do a card for €52.03

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=118657&cks=PRL


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Mc Auley [mailto:paul at peema.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:26 PM
> To: Stephen
> Cc: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] OT: PCI TV tuner card for 50 bills
> 
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:54:29PM +0000, Stephen wrote:
> | On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:23:50PM +0000, Frank Boehme wrote:
> 
> | > Also, programs which are meant for "educational purpose only" require a
> | > BT878 or BT848 grabber chip.
> 
> That _really_ sounds like a euphemism for something else.
> 
> | aldi.co.uk have one for 29.99 sterling that appears to be a Tevion Xpert
> | TV7134
> 
> Which seems to imply it uses the Philips SAA7134. It should probably be
> noted that the saa7134 is New! and Exciting! which means that experience
> with it under Linux can be mixed. Under kernel 2.4, with the current
> v4l2 snapshot, getting it to output through the line interface was a
> bit hit and miss, however user kernel 2.6.3 it's all better now.
> 	Paul
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