“I’ve spent the past few years using an ATI TV Wonder analog
video capture card running under Linux. Although this card has
served me well, times and technology have been a’changin’. That’s
why I recently purchased a pcHDTV HD-5500 to see if HDTV was all it
was hyped up to be. I can report that HDTV under Linux is not only
possible, it’s downright fantastic.“The HD-5500 is a low-profile PCI 2.2-compliant card that
supports multiple inputs for getting the signal to the card. A
standard coaxial antenna input is complimented by component and
S-Video. My antenna uses the coaxial connection so there were no
problems there…”