# Any MythTV/Mythbuntu Users

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mythtv-mythbuntu-users/541093 "2010-05-28T17:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mythtv-mythbuntu-users/541093/1 "2010-05-28T17:38:31Z")

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I decided to get rid of as many monthly bills as I could and got rid of my DVR/cable box and replaced it with a simpler one, and reduced my cable package to the minimum. I have a Linux box that I installed Mythbuntu on, but the used ATI 9600XT card I picked up for $5 doesn’t seem to be supported.

Question: what is the best inexpensive, but well supported, card I can get to allow my PC to work as a combined fronted backend. I need cable in and TV out. I just have a std def TV, but it’d probably be nice to have HD support as well.

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**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mythtv-mythbuntu-users/541093/2 "2010-05-28T19:03:54Z")

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I can only tell you that the Hauppage works perfectly well with PAL DVB-T. Obviously you’d need a DVB-C version. However, Mythbuntu for some reason didn’t recognise mine (which is a dongle, not a card), but it works fine in normal Ubuntu with MythTV installed.

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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mythtv-mythbuntu-users/541093/3 "2010-05-29T17:32:47Z")

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> [@blindboyard](#):
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> I can only tell you that the Hauppage works perfectly well with PAL DVB-T. Obviously you’d need a DVB-C version. However, Mythbuntu for some reason didn’t recognise mine (which is a dongle, not a card), but it works fine in normal Ubuntu with MythTV installed.

The TV I’m going to use this with is analog std-def. Do I just need PAL?