[ale] Good TV tuner card?

[Adam]

Richard Bronosky wrote:
> The HDHomeRun device is the DTV Holy Grail.
> 
> On 4/4/09, Adam <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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> 

...wow

That thing is awesome. I don't have a comcast cable box, it's just 
whatever comcast pipes as part of the "Extended Basic Cable" plan (73 
channels), and the cable plugs directly into my TV. I'll need to double 
check and see exactly what digital or HD signal they broadcast OTA.


SiliconDust says this:

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/lineupui/US:30324

Looks like I'd get the basic 13, but if this guy doesn't have 
NTSC...then that might be all I'll be able to get...