On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 09:59 -0600, JB wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Wed February 14 2007 9:25 am, JB scratched these words onto a coconut > > > > shell, hoping for an answer: > > > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 06:35, Clayton wrote: > > > > > "The HD-5500 is a HDTV tuner card, that recieves free over the > > > > > high-def broadcasts, as well as unencrypted QAM through your > > > > > local cable provider. The included xine-hd program allows for the > > > > > user to watch HDTV in a window. Screenshots are available to see > > > > > what the card can do. This card is available only for Linux." > > > > > > > > > > http://lunapark6.com/?p=2992 > > > > > > > > Nice. shame it's NTSC and ATSC only though. I was all ready to > > > > buy one... and then realized... no PAL, No DVB-S, C, or T... so > > > > those of us who live outside of the US, Canada, South Korea, > > > > Argentina, and Mexico are out of luck with this particular card. > > > > > > We're out of luck here in the states too if one can't get cable out > > > in the woods :-( > > > > Depends, can you get "regular" thru the air telly from your local > > stations? Newsweek had a story about folks being able to get their > > local stations HD broadcasts w/ "rabbit ears" type antennae . > > Heh...we have 2 whole channels to choose from with regular 'network' TV, > and > are still hard to pick up way out where I'm at. They both suck horrendously > (programs they show) and neither broadcasts anything HD. > Thanks though. Maybe someone else will get something out of what you found. > It sounds interesting at least.
Ever hear of satellite TV? I'm in the city and it still beats cable hands down. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
