Re: [tlug] Current state of Linux compatible TV cards in Japan

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 04/01/2011 05:03 PM, Peter Brandt wrote:
> Hello
>
> CL wrote:
> > Couldn't you just get one of those JPY 3,995 Buffalo analogue ->  chidigi
> > converter boxes that PC Depot advertises every Saturday in our copy of
> > the Asahi and use that for your tuner?
>
> Do you have to switch channels manually on converters like this? Or is
> there an interface to have the channel switched automatically from
> within MythTV or from the command line?

PC Depot advertises that you can use an IO Data or Buffalo converter 
with a Buffalo USB disk to copy and save broadcasts like a video 
recorder, so I _assume_ that there is some programmability.  I confess 
that all I have done is read the ads.  I'd suggest stopping by and 
asking ... but I can't be held responsible for the quality of the answer.

--
CL