Video card for viewing cable

[Jonathan Claxton]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am new to the Video on Linux area. Is there an FAQ for this field?
> My plans on Linux is to add the capability to view video(VCR) and TV/cable.
> Is there a recommended Video card that I should invest in? What are the video   
> cards that I need to avoid? My current kernel is 2.2.16.
>  

I have a Hauppange TV card that I have been using for the last two or
three years and I watch TV/VCR on it all the time. BTW, I use my VCR  to
watch TV since it can feed a stronger signal into  the TV card since if I
feed a RF one, it seems that inside that PC, it drowns it out. :/ 

Basically any card with a BT 848 or 878 chip will work. There may be
others that can work just as well.