[plug] tv tuner recommendations

[Gavin Chester]

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 12:41 +0800, Michael Holland wrote:
> Gavin Chester wrote:
> > Anyone got any experiences and recommendations for a tv tuner for my
> > laptop running opensuse/kde?
> > 
> > 1/ brand (cheapies on ebay are <$20, but problematic for linux)? 
> > 2/ usb or pcmcia?
> > 3/ analog or hdtv?
> > 4/ fm radio extra bonus?
> 
> Digitial (DVB) - obviously!?
> pcmcia is obsolete, so USB.

Well, it's just that I have the pcmcia slot and cards are seemingly
cheap ;-)
> 
> for Linux compatibility:
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices

All the offerings I was eyeing on ebay are no-name brand from overseas.
Very cheap, but a case of "buyer beware" in terms of linux
compatibility, then would you say?

Gavin