Re: PC PCI tv cards

["Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-gui.asp
for a useful
command line and GUI Wake-On-Lan util.

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC PCI tv cards


> From: ho yin ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
> > Does anyone have any experience with PC TV cards? Like the Win TV
series?
>
> I've used a few.
>
> > IS it worth getting the digital version? so I can watch the
freeview
channels?
>
> I'm thinking about it.  It's only £75ish, you get better quality,
there's
no encoding to be done by the PC, and you get loads of channels without
worrying about IR transmitters.
>
> > Is the quality any good? would it be the same as watching on a
normal
TV?
>
> I'd certainly hope so, but I've not seen one in action.  AIUI, they
just
record the MPEG stream straight from the airwaves onto your disk, so you
can't get better quality live TV.
>
> > Can you record streams from them?
>
> Yup.  They say it requires a Pentium spec machine on the Hauppauge
website
(PIII 500 recommended).  This isn't very specific.  I'm hoping that as
there's no encoding/decoding to be done by the PC, I can use an old P200 or
similar to record the streams.  I then plan to play the recordings through
a
mixture of network media players, and hacked laptops.
>
> > I also read something on the web about getting broadband through
the
> > digital boxes?????
>
> That's digital satellite (like Sky Digital), not freeview.
>
> > Or am I just getting confused? So many questions!
>
> That's what the list is for!
>
> > Also is there a program or something that can startup your PC
automatically?
>
> No program - there's no OS running when its on.  As already stated,
your
BIOS may support it, or you could use Wake-On-LAN.  Also, there are a
couple
of X-10 solutions: an appliance module on the power cable, and a low
voltage
relay to press the power button.  The latter option would suffer from
status
reporting issues though.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
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