Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner -&- Yes, the USA is going digital.

[Fritz Katz <frtzkatz@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > "Sabrent Philips7130 PCI TV Tuner/Video Capture Card"
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=TV-PCIRC&cat=VID
> 
> oh my, this is a historical document.

Found the listing for the card, it does work with Linux-TV (but not well on channel 2):

  http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Sabrent_TV-PCIRC

> 
> Are those warnings already valid for all over the US or in
> California only?

 The entire USA will go digital on Feb. 17, 2009. There will be no analog broadcasts after that. 

 The US Government is giving everyone with old TVs $40 (about 25 Euros) for each TV in their home to buy ATSC converter boxes:

  https://www.dtv2009.gov/

Regards,
-- Fritz Katz



      

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