Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 04, 2007 03:39 PM
I realized that my old bt878 wasn't going to be useful for many more years. I realized that the 5500 was the perfect TV card for me after doing quite a bit of research on the TV cards out there.
One big issue for me was that I wanted to avoid both proprietary drivers and firmware. The 5500 not only succeeds in both of the points, it was the only card I could find that did so.
The card was even instantly recognized by mythtv on my ubuntu box without needing to do any serious fiddling. In simpler words, installing the card was much easier than installing a new hard drive and almost as easy as installing a usb mouse. The 5500 even comes with a built in sound device, which means you don't need to install a sound card for it.
As a topoff, I found out just how cool 'hdtv' really is. Reception is crystal clear, even for channels that are just ntsc rebroadcasts. Even better, it turns out that many of my old uhf channels have magically turned into several channels. For example, I have _four_ PBS channels instead of just having one.
I _love_ this card. Love it, love it, love it. I'm trying to decide between either getting a second one, or upgrading my mythtv box and getting three more.. =)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 04, 2007 03:39 PMOne big issue for me was that I wanted to avoid both proprietary drivers and firmware. The 5500 not only succeeds in both of the points, it was the only card I could find that did so.
The card was even instantly recognized by mythtv on my ubuntu box without needing to do any serious fiddling. In simpler words, installing the card was much easier than installing a new hard drive and almost as easy as installing a usb mouse. The 5500 even comes with a built in sound device, which means you don't need to install a sound card for it.
As a topoff, I found out just how cool 'hdtv' really is. Reception is crystal clear, even for channels that are just ntsc rebroadcasts. Even better, it turns out that many of my old uhf channels have magically turned into several channels. For example, I have _four_ PBS channels instead of just having one.
I _love_ this card. Love it, love it, love it. I'm trying to decide between either getting a second one, or upgrading my mythtv box and getting three more.. =)
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