Good TV/VHS card for Fedora Core?

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 03:47, dondi_2006 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a microatx PC with on board graphics more than adequate
> for my needs. The only thing I want to add now is a TV capture card to encode and copy on DVD my home videos from a VHS VCR.
> 
> I *might*, some time in the future, use the same box for
> recording analog and satellite TV shows, but that is quite
> unlikely, so it's not required. Right now, all I need is a
> card that gives no trouble with Fedora, has coax or SCART
> input and HW (PAL) video encoding to copy my movies faster. 
> 
> I have already made a bit of research. The three models below seems the easiest to buy around here, and OK with Linux, 
> but I'd really appreciate your opinion (quality, ease of use,
> best Fedora driver support, anything) or suggestions for other
> models of course:
> 
> Hauppage Win-TV PVR 250
> Sapphire Theatrix 550 pro
> Sapphire Theatrix 300

Been using two Hauppage PVR 250s for almost a year.  This in a mythtv
setup.  They work very well.  For copying VHS movies the PVR 250 should
do an excellent job.  Check out the ivtv drivers for that card.