> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 zsolt@direct.ca wrote:
>
> > On 29 Jul 98 Andrew Daviel <advax@triumf.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I did it - picked up a Zoltrix grabber/TV tuner for $99.
> > >
> >
> > Has it been a one time sale price? Where have you bought it?
> >
>
> I'm not quite sure if it's a sale price; I just saw it in the store (ADDAX
> on Bridgeport in Richmond). I'm not sure if others have been offering it
> for $140 up or whether that was for a kit with a camera too (seems
> unlikely ..)
>
Zoltrix has two models of the board: one with TV tuner; one without. At
PC97.com (Netlink Computer on Kingsway near Royal Oak), they list the card
w/o tuner @$55, with tuner @$99 and the "Face to Face" kit, which mates
the card (w/o tuner) with camera for video conferencing @$177.
>
> Have got somewhat further with the thing .. built bttv driver from the
> xawtv kit instead of the original, and munged some line in bttv.c which
> was turning off audio, so the TV tuner works, too. X output is restricted
> to :0.0, I think it's using memory extension to draw directly. Quality is
> really pretty good - better than a TV, IMO.
>
Any plans for a mini-howto? :)
Regards to the list members!