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From: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net>
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Subject: Re: TV-Tuner cards ( NTSC / PAL / SECAM ) - which works best?
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| By Fritz Katz <frtzkatz@yahoo.com>
|                                          [ 2008-05-22 22:58 +0200 ]
> 
> Is there a TV-Tuner card (that works under FreeBSD!)
> which can tune to RF-input with any of the world's TV
> standards?
> 
> Or, do I need to open up my PC and switch out the card
> when I travel to Europe/USSR/USA/Japan/...
> 
> Please post your success and failure stories about
> TV-Tuner cards here!

Very happy with my Hauppauge PVR-350.  I have the Euro version so running
PAL.  It supposedly supports all the PAL and SECAM variants, altho I've only
used it with PAL signals.


> While we're at it, has anyone been able to get any of
> the USB TV tuners working with FreeBSD?

I've only heard the answer 'no' to these questions...


Regards,
Aragon