NewsForge: pcHDTV: For the Linux Geek on Your Shopping List

“Does the coming holiday season have you wondering what to get
the geek on your shopping list–the one who already has everything?
One item you might consider is the HD-2000 High definition TV card
for Linux. Just make sure that the recipient is geek-to-the-bone.
The HD-2000 is not for the faux-geek or the gweak of heart. Not
yet, at least.

“This story actually began a couple of months ago. That’s when I
made a wrong turn in Best Buy and found myself in the middle of the
large-screen HDTV section. It was the first time I had seen HDTV
up-close-and-personal, and I really couldn’t believe how sharp the
pictures were. So when I saw a NewsVac announcement a couple of
weeks later about an HDTV card for Linux–a card which can be had
for a fraction of the cost of a regular HDTV set–I decided it was
my obligation to our readers to review a pcHDTV card for
NewsForge…”

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