Re: [tlug] Current state of Linux compatible TV cards in Japan

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 03/31/2011 08:32 PM, Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> I've got a Mythbuntu computer with a Hauppauge PVR-150 TV tuner card in it.
>
> A card which is analog and therefore just on the verge of being obsolete
> because of the new digital broadcast standard being implemented.
>
> I'm looking around to see if there are any options for replacing it, but
> so far... it doesn't seem promising.
>
> My understanding is that the digital format uses proprietary encoding,
> thus preventing non-mainstream manufacturers from making hardware that
> can access it, which pretty much pre-empts anything Linux compatible.
>
> This is something I asked on list about a year ago or so, but I thought
> it worth checking in again to see if anyone was more informed than me
> and knew of options worth investigating.
>
> Is there a way I can get my Mythbuntu box hooked up to Japanese
> broadcasting, or am I basically SOL?
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Couldn't you just get one of those JPY 3,995 Buffalo analogue -> chidigi 
converter boxes that PC Depot advertises every Saturday in our copy of 
the Asahi and use that for your tuner?

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CL