[ale] Good TV tuner card?

[Chris Kleeschulte]

confirmed...OTA or QAM or any combination of the 2.



Chris Kleeschulte

On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Richard Bronosky wrote:

> Both are equally capable allowing any combination.
>
> On 4/6/09, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote:
>> Chris Kleeschulte wrote:
>>> That would be me mentioning that I use the HDHomeRun with a mythtv
>>> setup. I have been for about a year and it works great. You can  
>>> also use
>>> it with Windows since the output is just mpeg2ts. It does QAM for  
>>> cable
>>> tv signals and VSB-8 for over the air signals. Obviously, it will  
>>> NOT
>>> "tune" analog signals. Analog will be extinct soon and should have  
>>> been
>>> in Feb., thanks congress.
>>>
>>> You can't go wrong with the HDHomerun. I did have to replace the  
>>> power
>>> supply transformer, but the company paid for it and sent it really  
>>> quick.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Chris Kleeschulte
>>>
>>> On Apr 4, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Ben Alexander wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would suggest looking at the HDHomeRun by Silicon Dust.  I have  
>>>> not
>>>> used with MythTv but I know in another thread someone just  
>>>> mentioned
>>>> using it with MythTv.  I use mine with Windows Media Center.  It  
>>>> has
>>>> ATSC and QAM - not sure about NTSC?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun_atsc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Adam <prozaconstilts at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:prozaconstilts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>    As I prepare to build a MythTV rig, I find myself stuck trying  
>>>> to
>>>>    decide
>>>>    what kind of TV tuner card to use.
>>>>
>>>>    Of course, I'd like the pie in the sky solution: a card that  
>>>> works
>>>>    with
>>>>    Linux and Windows, can capture NTSC and ATSC (and QAM if
>>>>    possible), and
>>>>    all that jazz, so I'm not relegated to a single platform or  
>>>> signal,
>>>> in
>>>>    case I decide to change things up one day.
>>>>
>>>>    About the best I can find is the Hauppauge HVR 1600:
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
>>>>
>>>>    It's getting a good amount of development (claims the history  
>>>> for the
>>>>    page), and has the old PVR-150 tuner for analog, as well as an  
>>>> ATSC
>>>>    tuner that Hauppauge/Conexant has provided firmware for.
>>>>
>>>>    In Windows, it pretty much just works, as good as Hauppauge's
>>>> software
>>>>    has ever worked.
>>>>
>>>>    Does anyone else have suggestions for the holy grail of TV  
>>>> tuners?
>>>>
>>>>    Adam
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>> Chris,
>>     That has two tuners, can they both pick up DTV on cable or is one
>> for cable and the other strictly OTA?
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