pcHDTV and Fedora 7?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 02 July 2007, David Timms wrote:
>Tom Horsley wrote:
>> Anyone successfully using a HD-5500 card from
>> http://www.pchdtv.com/ on Fedora 7?
>>
>> Been thinking about giving it a try, but
>> thought I should look for success stories
>> first :-).
>>
It should work ok, I've been using a pcHDTV-3000 since back in FC2 days, and 
it has generally worked very well.

>> (This would be on an x86_64 dual core AMD system).
>>
>> Or maybe I'll wait a while and see if they come
>> out with a cable card compatible version so I
>> can watch encrypted channels too...
>
That is NOT gonna happen as that cable specific encryption is their 'vendor 
lock-in' & is considered as a non-negotiable theft preventative measure.

>Did you check out:
>http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/
>
>If you give it a try and have notes to add - I think they encourage that.
>
>DaveT.



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