[ILUG] cheap linux compatible tv tuner cards

[FRLinux]

On 8/21/06, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> in case anyone's looking for a cheap tv tuner card, Peats on Parnell Street
> are currently selling a Pinnacle card which uses the SAA7134 chip.  It's
> Eur20 and works out of the box with any recent linux kernel.  Admittedly it
> doesn't do mpeg encoding but for Eur20 you can't complain.

For further reference the Terratec [1] ones (sold by Pixmania.co.uk
but not only) and the Mercury also (sold in Maplins) [2] also use the
same chipset, they do cost about 50 euros but for that price they also
include S-VIDEO in and more.

[1] http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2DF6399D
[2] http://makeashorterlink.com/?W1EF2699D

Steph