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Date:      Wed, 08 Oct 1997 11:11:39 -0500
From:      Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net>
To:        skn0@sigsmtp.sial.com
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tuner and Video cards
Message-ID:  <343BB0BB.97AD1BF0@AJC.State.Net>
References:  <343B94A6.6BFD@sigsmtp.sial.com>

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Scott,

I've got a Gateway 2000 but my tuner card was added after
purchase.  I picked up a STB TV/PCI card for $89 at Best
Buy.  It works virtually flawlessly with any S3 video chip.

I pipe in camcorder, C/Ku band satellite and use the tuner
occasionally for local broadcast TV stuff.

THE STB TV/PCI comes with Win95 software but I have found
the FXTV FreeBSD version to be just as good.

 -- Al

Scott Nelson wrote:
> 
> I am in the process of deciding what kind of computer to buy and what
> features I need.  I'm looking at the Gateway, Micron, and Dell.  Because
> we have children, I think I'd like to have a tuner card so the kids can
> capture images from the camcorder, satellite dish, etc.  I know nothing
> about tuner cards so I need to know what to look for, what software I
> need, etc.  It seems that only Gateway offers a tuner card.  Can anyone
> give me some feedback?
> 
> Thanks



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