Some one should mention that the Hauppaugge cards are not compatible with ALI Motherboard chipsets from Acer Labs (Ali1 and ALI-magic)
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 04:25 am, Dave Laird wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good morning, Lorne... > > On Monday 20 January 2003 09:01 pm, Lorne wrote: > > I know this isn't what you are going to want to hear, but I've had > > Hauppauge PCI TV cards (Actually I have 3 of them currently) and I've had > > the ATI all in wonder radeon and a newer one a few months ago. I've had > > nothing but trouble with the ATI cards. I've had them in 4 different > > computers, XP, ME, and 98. Drivers don't matter. I had it up and running > > in > > I was somewhat *startled* to discover that the drivers for Windows 98 and > Windows ME both had substantial problems. I sent the card back to ATI for > replacement when the first card wouldn't initialize the BIOS. They were > very good, actually, about troubleshooting the card, and about getting me > another card. That *really* surprised me, given the bad experiences I had > in the past. > > > Linux 8.2, but it is was just flat erratic and unstable. Support for ATI > > sucks big time. Ever try to call those folks? I've fought with ATI > > products for 2 years now. I will never go back. I now have NVIDIA chipset > > video card and HAUPPAUGE tv card and have no problems at all in any OS > > I've choses so far. > > After getting this card working with xawtv earlier this evening, and after > consideration of what praise you gave for Hauppage cards, I may simply get > a Hauppage card for my own use. The guy whose system now has a working ATI > card is happy, and now that I've had a bit of experience with xawtv and the > interfaces involved, I'm feeling a lot more confident about it. > > > I fairness I think the worst thing is their drivers, but who knows. Good > > luck man. > > Thanks. The ATI card is working, although perhaps not as well as I'd like > it tow work. However, I think for my own use, I'm simply going to go get a > Hauppage card and see how that works out. > > Dave > - -- > Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project > Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/02/2003 > Music Calendar & Website: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html > Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net > > An automatic & random thought For the Minute: > bureaucracy, n: > A method for transforming energy into solid waste. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+LRH5aE1ENZP1A28RAuBgAJ9EYl7eCUg9l944cJFy7dlMpEEA2QCeJo6M > VDiazywwaH/HLLkTczkbsdo= > =AA5X > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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