tvcard for laptop???

revoohc · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Oct 2002 Posts: 128

Does anyone know if this exists (must work with linux of course:) )? I'm about to go on a 6 month contract and would really love to just use my laptop as my tv and ps2 monitor. I have an older pci wintv card and am looking for something like this for my Dell Inspiron 8200.

Thanks for any pointers.

Chris

magnet · Guru Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Posts: 582 Location: france

I searched for nearly one hour on the web, I don t think there are pcmcia/pc card tv card that works with linux.
the only thing I found is :

revoohc · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Oct 2002 Posts: 128

Thanks for the help. If there is no pcmcia, I have usb (1.1 I think) and a firewire port on the i82k.

Thanks again.

Jimbow · Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 6:03 am Post subject:

I've been keep my eyes on the WinTV pvr USB. It does MPEG2 encoding which makes up for the low USB bandwidth, but AFAIK there are no Linux drivers yet.

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Do you have the UltraSharp display on that 8200?
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magnet · Guru Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Posts: 582 Location: france

okay, a usb tv card that works on linux is kinda hard to find.
I saw many ppl that complain about usb 1.1 low speed and lack of usb 2.0 tv card...
I finally found a support for Pinnacle Bungee and Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB, throught the drivers don t seems up to date and still don t have a tuner....