[MPlayer-users] Re: Which TV card ?

[Erik Slagter]

> POSITIVE NEWS:
> I got the Hauppauge WinTV Express a few minutes ago. Unpacking, plugging in,
> starting SuSE 8.2, and I was told that a new (Hauppauge!) was found. Two
> minutes later I had 32 channels found and I can look TV.
> 
> I can highly recommend this card It is _cheap_ and works really out of the
> box, without any driver tweaking.

That is because it is supported. Your previous card is not supported.
However it features a better quality adc.

So instead of switching to a less quality card you might also have
switched to another brand of SAA713* card which actually is supported
(like Terratec).

That's what I'd recommend ;-)