I don't think those vision cards will work with Direct TV, they look like they are for DVB. D*TV uses DSS or DSB or somthing like that (all I kno is the DVB stuff dosn't work with it, shame since there are bunch of cards for that on the market.
On Apr 2, 2005 12:27 AM, Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Voom: > Thanks for letting me know it's dead.. :) > > PCI Tuner Cards: > I found one manufacture that makes terrestrial tuner cards: > > http://www.twinhan.com/product_terrestrial.asp > > Of course, you can't view the encrypted channels. Though there's a ton > of 'illegal' sites selling a "Vision PCI" card that supposedly "tunes > everything with the right driver". Of course, no Linux drivers so it's > not even an option. > > Dish vs. DirecTV: > Seems like Dish is the way to go. DirecTV's site annoyed me, and as > far as I can tell their cheapest plan is $42/mo, and for that same > amount, I can get Dish's top 60 w/ locals + HD or other similar combos > for similar costs. > > As for firewire hacked tuners, I can't seem to find anything, so if > anyone has any info on that, it would be cool. I'd definitely like to > use Myth with satellite, or it's not worth it. > > Cable is of course an option, but they are about 30% more expensive > for the same (digital) programming. :( Anyone know if Adelphia does > firewire out on their digital/HD boxes? > > -Kenneth > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > -- -Griffon _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
