Re: Questions about Hauppauge WinTV 350
From: Andrew L. Gould (algould_at_datawok.com)
Date: 06/23/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:15:52 -0500 To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 12:56:26PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> A number of software products use the Hauppauge WinTV 350 "Personal
> Video Recorder" (what a stupid name!). I've been planning to get one
> for some time, but here in Australia the prices are ridiculous (more
> than double what they are nearly anywhere else). So I've decided to
> have one sent from overseas.
>
> Question: are all WinTV 350s the same? In Australia we have the same
> standards as in most of Europe (PAL, not NTSC), and the tuner
> frequencies are also the same as those in Europe. If I buy a card in
> the USA, will it work here, or are there two different kinds of card,
> depending on where they're sold?
>
> The web site is not of much help. To help me decide, it would be nice
> to hear from somebody with experience with the cards who can tell me a
> definite answer to at least one of these questions:
>
> * Are there separate versions for different countries?
> * Does the device you have support both PAL and NTSC?
> * Does the tuner on your device support both European and US
> frequencies?
> * What kind of antenna connector does your card have? US TVs tend to
> have a screw-on connector, while European one tend to have a push-on
> connector.
>
> Other information, in particular where I can get them cheap, would
> also be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Greg
> --
I can't help with the regional issues or recording aspects; but I can tell you that the USB WinTV product was not detected by FreeBSD 4.9. I haven't checked since then.
Best of luck,
Andrew Gould
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