From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 15:12:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D1A916A4CE; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:12:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net (mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB1243D4C; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:12:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 20-74.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.20.74] helo=localhost) by mynah.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1Bd9Qn-0007Uz-SY; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:12:58 -0700 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:15:52 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-ID: <20040623151552.GA8820@datawok.com> References: <20040623032626.GG46408@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040623032626.GG46408@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b04759ff946f58a9b6771636005466143350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.204.20.74 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about Hauppauge WinTV 350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:12:58 -0000 On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 12:56:26PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > A number of software products use the Hauppauge WinTV 350 "Personal > Video Recorder" (what a stupid name!). I've been planning to get one > for some time, but here in Australia the prices are ridiculous (more > than double what they are nearly anywhere else). So I've decided to > have one sent from overseas. > > Question: are all WinTV 350s the same? In Australia we have the same > standards as in most of Europe (PAL, not NTSC), and the tuner > frequencies are also the same as those in Europe. If I buy a card in > the USA, will it work here, or are there two different kinds of card, > depending on where they're sold? > > The web site is not of much help. To help me decide, it would be nice > to hear from somebody with experience with the cards who can tell me a > definite answer to at least one of these questions: > > * Are there separate versions for different countries? > * Does the device you have support both PAL and NTSC? > * Does the tuner on your device support both European and US > frequencies? > * What kind of antenna connector does your card have? US TVs tend to > have a screw-on connector, while European one tend to have a push-on > connector. > > Other information, in particular where I can get them cheap, would > also be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Greg > -- I can't help with the regional issues or recording aspects; but I can tell you that the USB WinTV product was not detected by FreeBSD 4.9. I haven't checked since then. Best of luck, Andrew Gould