Re: PC PCI tv cards

[ho yin ng <yahoogroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

Thanks ... I will have to look at it over the weekend ...

Perhaps I should annoy my girlfriend and look at it on saturday night?

hee hee ...

Thank you all for your help and thoughts!

Ho Yin

At 15:11 12/02/2004, you wrote:
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>
>Jon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:02 PM
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC PCI tv cards
>
>
> > From: ho yin ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
> > > Does anyone have any experience with PC TV cards? Like the
Win TV
>series?
> >
> > I've used a few.
> >
> > > IS it worth getting the digital version? so I can watch the
freeview
>channels?
> >
> > I'm thinking about it.  It's only =C2=A375ish, you get better
quality, =
there's
>no encoding to be done by the PC, and you get loads of channels without
>worrying about IR transmitters.
> >
> > > Is the quality any good? would it be the same as watching on
a normal
>TV?
> >
> > I'd certainly hope so, but I've not seen one in action.  AIUI,
they jus=
t
>record the MPEG stream straight from the airwaves onto your disk, so
you
>can't get better quality live TV.
> >
> > > Can you record streams from them?
> >
> > Yup.  They say it requires a Pentium spec machine on the
Hauppauge webs=
ite
>(PIII 500 recommended).  This isn't very specific.  I'm hoping that as
>there's no encoding/decoding to be done by the PC, I can use an old
P200 o=
r
>similar to record the streams.  I then plan to play the recordings
through=
a
>mixture of network media players, and hacked laptops.
> >
> > > I also read something on the web about getting broadband
through the
> > > digital boxes?????
> >
> > That's digital satellite (like Sky Digital), not freeview.
> >
> > > Or am I just getting confused? So many questions!
> >
> > That's what the list is for!
> >
> > > Also is there a program or something that can startup your
PC
>automatically?
> >
> > No program - there's no OS running when its on.  As already
stated, you=
r
>BIOS may support it, or you could use Wake-On-LAN.  Also, there are a
coup=
le
>of X-10 solutions: an appliance module on the power cable, and a low
volta=
ge
>relay to press the power button.  The latter option would suffer from
stat=
us
>reporting issues though.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andy
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