I'm an employee of
http://www.pcalchemy.com, we are now selling the same WinTV-PVR-250 MCE for $99.95.
To clarify a few things:
1) This card does work with MythTV, however the current [un-patched] ivtv driver is recognizing the card as a version 1 card and then the computer immediately locks up (the MCE card is a version 2 card). I provided a fix for this to many of our customers and also provided the ivtv developers with a card so they could provide a permanent fix. Currently ivtv 0.1.10 is in pre-release with the fix to make this card work out of the box, though I'm sticking with my patched 0.1.9 until 0.1.10 is stable. If anyone needs the ivtv fix just email
support@pcalchemy.com and we'll send it to you.
2) To whoever bought their card for $88.00, I'm pretty sure that was an older WinTV-PVR-250 OEM card without FM and probably has a heatsink because the card runs a bit hotter.
3) The reason we sell on eBay for more than the website, is that on average it costs us about $10 more to sell on eBay + the extra time involved listing, etc. I wish I could just tell everyone bidding on the eBay cards to come buy from the website, but that would be violating eBay rules and we'd get kicked off. We've also lowered the price of the card because we are now buying them for less and are passing the savings on.
A little plug for
http://www.pcalchemy.com, we are dedicated to HTPC and are adding new HTPC related hardware to our site every day. We are VERY aggressive on our prices and usually beat even the big guys like newegg.com. The difference is that we are customer service oriented, if you have a problem, we'll either help you directly, or point you somewhere to get the best help, most retailers have know idea on the technical issues involving the products they sell, we have experts that do and are ready and willing to help.
Greg
Lead Technical Guru
http://www.pcalchemy.com