On 24/03/2005, at 7:51 PM, tony wrote: > > Cheapest Xbox in France is 149? > > Epia MB = 141? > > Skystar2 = 53? (the Epia does the hardware mpeg2 acceleration) > > WIN TV Nova CI-S = 142? > > DVB-T is just starting in France so cards are expensive. USB 119? and > PCI 99? - these prices will go down in a month or two after the "must > have it first" guys have bought theirs. > > So fact not quite right. Well what I said is true for Australia. Here you can get an Xbox for $150AUS second hand or $240AUS new. I just got a another second hand one with a few accessories for $180AUS yesterday for a friend. Currently for VDR to be of any use I need at least 3 PCI slots (2 x Budget DVB-T + 1 x Full Featured DVB-S card for TV output) and I plan on adding a 3rd Budget DVB-T PCI card bringing the total to 4 required PCI slots. I empathize with the high initial cost of DVB-T cards. I impatiently waited for YEARS for the first DVB-T card to come out and then I purchased it straight away. Within a few months identical cards were available for half the price. In my opinion the best Linux supported cards are the Hauppage Nova and clones. An AverMedia card I bought was so much trouble I ended up giving it away. Regards, Michal
