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Re: [Wlug] HDTV tuner card

by Chuck R. Anderson

On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 06:06:47PM -0500, Scott Venier wrote: > I was looking at that card for a while and was tempted, but the key catch > is that it only supports off the air signals. Meaning you need an > antenna. You can't use it with your cable or satelite system. > > But, if you're already watching HDTV off an antenna, it seems like a great > way to go. Do you know of any good cards that receive DVB from cable or satellite?

March 6, 2005

Re: [Wlug] HDTV tuner card

by Jim Dibb

Cable and over the air use different encoding, so I don't think and rf modulator, broadcasting the cable signal is going to get you an acceptable OTA signal. On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:11:38 -0500, Walt Sawyer <wsawyer(a)norfolk-county.com> wrote: > or perhaps an RF modulator??? > > Walt > > > On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 18:06 -0500, Scott Venier wrote: > > I was looking at that card for a while and was tempted, but the key catch > > is that it only supports off the air signals. Meaning you need an > > antenna. You can't use it with your cable or satelite system. > > > > But, if you're already watching HDTV off an antenna, it seems like a great > > way to go. > > > > Scott > > > > Chuck R. Anderson said: > > > I'm thinking about putting together an order for the pcHDTV HD-3000 > > > PCI NTSC/ATSC tuner card sold here: > > > > > > > > > http://www.pchdtv.com/ > > > > > > > > > It supports Linux (and does not officially support anything BUT > > > Linux), and does not obey the "broadcast flag". It will only be legal > > > to buy such a card until July 1, 2005: > > > > > > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ > > > > > > > > > and it works in MythTV: > > > > > > http://www.mythtv.org/ > > > > > > > > > If people are interested, we can save money by ordering together: > > > > > > > > > "Price reduced to now only $169.98. Volume discounts start on just 2 > > > cards saving $4.98 ea. and $9.98 on 5 or more cards" > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 6, 2005

Re: [Wlug] HDTV tuner card

by Walt Sawyer

or perhaps an RF modulator??? Walt On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 18:06 -0500, Scott Venier wrote: > I was looking at that card for a while and was tempted, but the key catch > is that it only supports off the air signals. Meaning you need an > antenna. You can't use it with your cable or satelite system. > > But, if you're already watching HDTV off an antenna, it seems like a great > way to go. > > Scott > > Chuck R. Anderson said: > > I'm thinking about putting together an order for the pcHDTV HD-3000 > > PCI NTSC/ATSC tuner card sold here: > > > > > > http://www.pchdtv.com/ > > > > > > It supports Linux (and does not officially support anything BUT > > Linux), and does not obey the "broadcast flag". It will only be legal > > to buy such a card until July 1, 2005: > > > > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ > > > > > > and it works in MythTV: > > > > http://www.mythtv.org/ > > > > > > If people are interested, we can save money by ordering together: > > > > > > "Price reduced to now only $169.98. Volume discounts start on just 2 > > cards saving $4.98 ea. and $9.98 on 5 or more cards" > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > --

March 6, 2005

Re: [Wlug] HDTV tuner card

by Scott Venier

I was looking at that card for a while and was tempted, but the key catch is that it only supports off the air signals. Meaning you need an antenna. You can't use it with your cable or satelite system. But, if you're already watching HDTV off an antenna, it seems like a great way to go. Scott Chuck R. Anderson said: > I'm thinking about putting together an order for the pcHDTV HD-3000 > PCI NTSC/ATSC tuner card sold here: > > > http://www.pchdtv.com/ > > > It supports Linux (and does not officially support anything BUT > Linux), and does not obey the "broadcast flag". It will only be legal > to buy such a card until July 1, 2005: > > http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ > > > and it works in MythTV: > > http://www.mythtv.org/ > > > If people are interested, we can save money by ordering together: > > > "Price reduced to now only $169.98. Volume discounts start on just 2 > cards saving $4.98 ea. and $9.98 on 5 or more cards" > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

March 5, 2005

HDTV tuner card

by Chuck R. Anderson

I'm thinking about putting together an order for the pcHDTV HD-3000 PCI NTSC/ATSC tuner card sold here: http://www.pchdtv.com/ It supports Linux (and does not officially support anything BUT Linux), and does not obey the "broadcast flag". It will only be legal to buy such a card until July 1, 2005: http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/ and it works in MythTV: http://www.mythtv.org/ If people are interested, we can save money by ordering together: "Price reduced to now only $169.98. Volume discounts start on just 2 cards saving $4.98 ea. and $9.98 on 5 or more cards"

March 5, 2005

Fwd: Invitation- complimentary Tech Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15

by Andy Stewart

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Invitation- complimentary Tech Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15 Date: Tuesday 01 March 2005 6:56 pm From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> To: Join us and extend this invitation to your user group members, colleagues, faculty and students for the complimentary IBM Technical Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15. Lunch will be provided. Register today at: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ IBM software for the on demand operating environment This full-day briefing will cover the broad scope of IBM's software strategy and how our middleware products work together to deliver the on demand operating environment. It features more than 30 live demonstrations of IBM WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and Rational products showing how new technologies like service-oriented architecture, business process modeling, enterprise service bus, portal based collaboration, content integration, application development life cycle, and a virtualized I/T infrastructure can deliver the responsiveness and flexibility that today's businesses demand. Learn how IBM middleware capabilities compare to those from Microsoft .NET, SAP NetWeaver and Oracle. This briefing is designed for business managers and IT professionals. If you want to know more about IBM's support for the on demand business, or if you are just trying to understand which vendor offers the best software platform, then don't miss this briefing! cities and dates include: * Boston on March 15 * NYC on March 17 * Chicago on March 22 * Minneapolis on March 24 * Washington, DC on April 5 * Toronto on April 7 Register today at: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ For more information on these briefings or any of the other complimentary developerWorks Live! briefings being offered in various locations worldwide, visit: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ We look forward to seeing you soon. The developerWorks Team. ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 2, 2005

New meeting dates for March/April 2005

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, I've just updated the WLUG website. The meeting dates for our next two meetings are: Wednesday, March 23rd Wednesday, April 20th Discussion topics are still TBD. Also, I've just posted Scott Venier's slides from his Vesta talk at the February meeting. Thanks again, Scott! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 26, 2005

Reminder: WLUG Meeting Thursday 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Let's hope it doesn't snow this time....... :-) Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of software systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and guarantees exact repeatability of any build. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 16, 2005

RE: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DV D's

by Keller, Tim

The other "kludgy" solution would be to run the slideshow, and then dump the output into a capture card... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Sawyer Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:35 PM To: Tom Misilo; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's The only thing I can think of is to save each frame as a picture. Then burn a picture disc. On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:29:06 -0500, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point > File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be > put onto a DVD or VCD > > Thanks, > Tom Misilo > -- > Tom Misilo > Saint Bernard's High School '06 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 15, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's

by Patrick Sawyer

The only thing I can think of is to save each frame as a picture. Then burn a picture disc. On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:29:06 -0500, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point > File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be > put onto a DVD or VCD > > Thanks, > Tom Misilo > -- > Tom Misilo > Saint Bernard's High School '06 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 14, 2005