> ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:56:26 +0930 > From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Questions about Hauppauge WinTV 350 > To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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 > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original > recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. > Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 187 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachmen ts/20040623/c3b2e14b/attachment-0001.bin > > ------------------------------
Hi Greg, I searched the German web page of Hauppauge (http://www.hauppauge.de/) for answers to your questions: There's nothing mentioned about the tuner part. But this card also features MPEG2 encoder hardware that's capable of encoding an NTSC signal. On the page there's a reg file (http://www.hauppauge.de/files/pvr2_pal_ntsc.zip) to apply the correct parameters to the Windows registry. Actually I have no clue how to put this into effect on a FreeBSD machine. Maybe you should ask the manufacturer directly... ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) You mentioned that standards in Europe are the same. Why don't you order the card in Germany for example. Try to consult http://www.preissuchmaschine.de to find a dealer offering a reasonable price. As of today the cheapest offer I found was around EUR 165,-- (about AUD 290,--) Greetings, Stephan Yaraghchi. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
