> The '848 chip is past tense; the Bt878 chip is currently in production > (Although the Conexant web site does list it as "not recommended for new > designs"). > Lots of PCI cards use this chip. 848 and 878 are basically the same give or take audio features > Followup questions: > - which are the least expensive no-frills one that have been seen? > - my understanding is that if you don't care about the tuner (just > composite or Svideo input), all '878 cards are pretty much the > same and "just work" with V4L. True or False? Generally so. Some of the camera ones are problematic (eg nobody has the modular tech super pc-tv working)
