The wiki has been updated for the now much simpler (thanks Cecil) configuration of the Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 card with release R5F27.

http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NovaT500

Babblefish

Thanks for the update.. I just ordered this card

running low on pci slots, i too am thinking about this card. Can either of you blokes comment as the capture quality? ... .hauppage are really popular analogs, do their digital cards perform as good?

Can't reply on that just yet, still waiting for delivery unfortunately I'll be sure to let you know.

It's a digital card so picture quality primarily dictated by the bandwidth afforded to each channel by the service provider. In the UK that means a standard definition picture that is excellent for the main channels (BBC, ITV etc) and a slightly poorer for some of the other channels.

It does a good job of getting the channels, without blockiness (is that a word?), from my ancient analogue aerial once its onboard amplifier is turned on. The channel change is quite slow. I only have experience with Hauppauge cards so I can't say if it is any better or worse than competing cards.

I have not yet made an attempt at getting the remote to work. If you will need to use the remote for this card (ie you don't have another card with a remote) then I would wait until someone has posted that they have the remote working completely.