> Basically what I need is a PC board or even an external box that is > controllable from a PC (serial, parallel, anything) that allows me to > control (tune, select channels etc) a tv tuner which then will give me a > composite PAL (or even NTSC, if necessary even though that will > complicate some other things a bit) output externally available. You mean you need a video recorder and lirc - basically a Linux remote control driver
