[ale] Good TV tuner card?

[Richard Bronosky]

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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