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Date:      Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:04:17 -0500
From:      Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Matt Heckaman <matt@LUCIDA.CA>
Cc:        FreeBSD-QUESTIONS <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Video Capture/TV cards -- reports from the field
Message-ID:  <3AC36B11.DFF7EFCF@glue.umd.edu>
References:  <20010329054003.P34068-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>

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Matt Heckaman wrote:
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> Greetings:
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> I'm looking to pick up a Video Capture/TV card for my FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE
> workstation (Voodoo 4 4500 PCI video) and am looking from some reports
> from the field about the compatibility of the two cards I'm looking at.
> 
> The first card I'm looking at is the AIMS Video Highway XTreme 98, which
> according to the bktr(4) man page, is known to work. I'd be interested to
> hear about its quality though.
> 
> The second is the ATI TV Wonder, which I could not determine if it is
> compatible or not. This is the card I would rather pick up, so if anyone
> knows on its status working/not, I'd love to hear :)

The TV Wonder is at best terrible on a good day. Don't buy it. On top of
that ATI doesn't seem to be too concerned about it.

-Brandon

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