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CalvinKlein wrote:
> I have successfully used a hauppauge wintv usb under linux (and at least
> one other person on this list has this working too). The two remaining
> problems with usb tuners are 1. the linux driver doesn't support the
> compression of the device yet (i.e. low framerate <10fps usually) 2. even 
> if compression would work it's cpu intensive and still not as good as full
> pal video via pci. 

seems (i didn't test it) the usb-bt848 drivers now support compression 
in a beta state:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbvision/
and
http://www.emuit.com/webcam.html

but X is right: if you want to use video input on your laptop: go for 
usb, in every other case : use pci

regards
d13b