The bt848 chip is the key.  Any tv card that has it should be fine.  
For instance, I have a Pinnacle PCTV that has the same chip as the 
AverTV and Hauppage WinTV and it works like a charm.

On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 02:36 PM, technomage wrote:

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> I use an AverTV tuner here (it has the bt848 chip on board). so far, 
> I've been
> happy with it. you can get it at fry's for about $60.00 or less.
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> On Sunday 08 June 2003 12:57 pm, David Huerta wrote:
>> Anyone have a tv tuner card they would recommend for Slackware Linux? 
>>  I
>> have been thinking of getting a TV tuner card, but I'm worried that 
>> many
>> of them might not be compatible with Linux.
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