From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 03:37:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5414416A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:37:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gw.visp.com.au (gw.visp.com.au [202.6.158.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5C343D48 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:37:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (202-6-150-37.ip.visp.com.au [202.6.150.37] (may be forged)) by gw.visp.com.au (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i5N3beqU085784 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:07:41 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1])i5N3bYZU025471 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:07:34 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:07:33 +0930 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040623130733.4dc00ede@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040623032626.GG46408@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20040623032626.GG46408@wantadilla.lemis.com> Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Questions about Hauppauge WinTV 350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:37:47 -0000 In the immortal words of Greg 'groggy' Lehey ... > 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. Probably your best option. > 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? No, they are not all the same, there are at least 3 different tuner modules. I have one of these cards and with the help of John Wehle, I now have it working in a surveillance project, and it has an LG chipset. > 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: I agree. > * 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. There are different versions in the same country, mainly the tuner modules. As far as I know, it supports one of the other (PAL/NTSC). The one I have uses a push on connector. > Other information, in particular where I can get them cheap, would > also be appreciated. Depends on your version of the word cheap. The one I have cost around the $450+ mark from a sydney supplier an that was the best price I could find. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 0401088479