[SGVLUG] Myth TV HD and Satillite TV

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> So, I'm wonder how much one can
> expect to spend, and what is needed
> to record HD TV from Satellite?
> ( direct TV )
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> do I need a special TV tuner card?

Currently the only way to record satellite in HD is haugppauge HD PVR,
which is last time I checked alpha quality linux drivers.
Cool piece of hardware the encodes component video to h.264. I think
it is around $200.

> thanks
> matti
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> ps - slickdeals.net posted a basic
> dell system for $360 which may make
> for a decent start.. however I was
> hoping for a cheaper starting point..
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> btw - I noticed that Tivo doesn't
> support HD Satellite.
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