Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
THank you all for your help and advice. 2008/10/15 Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cheers, Rob > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Cheers, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Darren Mansell wrote: > I'm currently setting up a MythTV network at my house and I've been trying > out various technologies and angles of attack to get the best possible > performance and widest choice at the lowest cost. > > I started with Freeview as thats the easiest route hardware wise. A dec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: > I only want to view the channels on my virgin subscription. Not really > planning on recording anything. I just wana get rid of the tv because > its taking up space. Im planning on geting a bigger monitor soon so id > just the monitor as my primary tv viewing method. In that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Javad Ayaz wrote: >> >> >>> now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better >>> than a digital one or vice versa? >>> >>> >>> > How is all this going to be affected by analogue broadcasts being > stopped

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Darren Mansell
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:17:41 +0100, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well it depends exactly what you want to do. > > To give you an idea... I have put a TV card in my kids PC after their TV > blew up. The original idea was to install MythTV and use a Freeview TV > card so they could r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Darren Mansell
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:37:07 +0100, "Javad Ayaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i dont have an aerial. im only using virgin (freeview only) to watch tv! > As said below your best option is to get an analogue TV card as they have composite and s-video in. Generally Hauppauge (pron. hop-hog, not haw-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
i dont have an aerial. im only using virgin (freeview only) to watch tv! 2008/10/15 Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Rob Beard wrote: > > Javad Ayaz wrote: > > > >> now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better > >> than a digital one or vice versa? > >> > >> > How i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
I only want to view the channels on my virgin subscription. Not really planning on recording anything. I just wana get rid of the tv because its taking up space. Im planning on geting a bigger monitor soon so id just the monitor as my primary tv viewing method. 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: > Javad Ayaz wrote: > >> now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better >> than a digital one or vice versa? >> >> How is all this going to be affected by analogue broadcasts being stopped soon? Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: > now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better > than a digital one or vice versa? > Well it depends exactly what you want to do. To give you an idea... I have put a TV card in my kids PC after their TV blew up. The original idea was to install Myth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Philip Wyett
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 10:03 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:49 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better > > than a digital one or vice versa? > > > > 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Javad Ayaz wro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Dan Attwood
I believe that you need an analogue card like rob says. You then plug the virgin box into into and tv into it in the same way that you do a tv. You will then have the issue though that you can only change channels by using the virgin remote control (which also stuffs up being able to automaticall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Philip Wyett
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:49 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better > than a digital one or vice versa? > > 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Javad Ayaz wrote: > > ok i will look at those links.! > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Javad Ayaz wrote: > > ok i will look at those links.! > > > > I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves > > as aerial r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: > ok i will look at those links.! > > I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves > as aerial reception is terrible. Ive got virgin cable so that would be > the primary source! > > I suppose i will look into > > Regards > > Javad > Ahh in th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
ok i will look at those links.! I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves as aerial reception is terrible. Ive got virgin cable so that would be the primary source! I suppose i will look into Regards Javad 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Javad Ayaz wr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > My previous experience with tv cards was not that great! I had a MSI > something or other. > > Ive had cable installed and would like very much to save space by > chucking out the tv and use my pc as one-in-all kind of thing. > > Please suggest some good value (r

[ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
Hi, My previous experience with tv cards was not that great! I had a MSI something or other. Ive had cable installed and would like very much to save space by chucking out the tv and use my pc as one-in-all kind of thing. Please suggest some good value (read cheapish) tv cards that i could easil