On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 03:12:31PM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: Thomas H. George [mailto:li...@tomgeorge.info] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:47 PM > > > > I recently emeraged from the dark ages and purchased a 23" LCD monitor. > > Now I am wondering about purchasing a TV tuner and connecting the cable > > box (Comcast) to the pc rather than replacing my 15 year old analog tv > > set. Nothing larger than a 27" LCD TV will fit in the solid cherry tv > > cabinet, hardly large than the monitor. > > > > Any comments?
... > > > As for tuner cards, the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 works well, I have one. > It's PCI Express. There are also PCI, USB, and networked tuners, such as the > HDHomeRun. However, with a tuner card, it's highly likely the only channels > that won't be encrypted will be your locals. Purchased and installed Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250. After installation X-window failed to start, error message Type1, no such module. lspci showed multimedia video controller Conexant Device 8880 (rev 4) had been added. Removed the board until I learn how to correct this problem. ... > I invite you to come over to the Linux HTPC section on AVS Forums > (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=76) where we blab on and > on about HTPC's with Linux. > Perhaps I will learn the solution to my problem at this forum? Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
