[aclug-L] Re: [announce] PVR Special Interest Group First Meeting Saturday 11-15 at 2pm

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am interested in getting a TV tuner for Linux that can do like the 
satelite DVB card at the location I posted below.  Something that 
connects to the cable and allows similar tuning.


Jeff Vian wrote:

>Jonathan Hall wrote:
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>>What exactly is a PVR?
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>I think they mean something like this
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>http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Clint Brubakken" <info@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <announce@xxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:17 AM
>>Subject: [aclug-L] [announce] PVR Special Interest Group First Meeting
>>Saturday 11-15 at 2pm
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>>ACLUG is starting a PVR [1] SIG (special interest group).  This group
>>would help people get aquainted with the types=20
>>of PVRs for linux, and help people when building them.=20
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>>There will be a mailing list created for it, which will be announced
>>later. Announcements of meetings will also be=20
>>announced on the announce@xxxxxxxxx mailing list.
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>>The first meeting will be at Saturday, 2pm, in Neff Hall 116 (WSU), and
>>the=20
>>building will most likely be locked, so those of you who didn't get his=20
>>number, and are interested in attending, please email=20
>>james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
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>>Neff is just southwest of the WSU Library, southeast of Jabara and is=20
>>North-South, a map is available at:
>>http://www.wichita.edu/online/map.asp
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>>In this meeting we will be discussing our plans so you don't need to
>>bring your hardware.
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>>There are some things which people should probably know before
>>attending. These include: Most importantly what do you want to do with
>>it. (record videos from old VHS=20
>>casettes, record a specific show on tv, record a variety, etc) How much
>>are you willing to spend? (some cards can be as low as $10 on sale,=20
>>or well over $1000 for some of the HDTV recorders)
>>What hardware do you have that you would be using?
>>What are you going to be recording from? (if say satelite, you may need
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>>some special hardware to change channels)
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>>James L
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>>[1] - for a definition of what a pvr is :
>>http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci832892,00.html
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