[TriLUG] mythtv ramblings and a questions about december mythtv presentation

[John Turner]

On Mar 22, 2005, at 2:34 PM, David A. Cafaro wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 11:38 -0500, John Turner wrote:
>>
>> In addition to the HD-3000, there is the Air2PC card that also does
>> HDTV.  Both cards support QAM, which is what TWC uses.
>>
>> http://www.cyberestore.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=103
>> http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/
>> 0,,sid7_gci541804,00.html
>>
>> So as long as the signal is not encrypted (which is a requirement for
>> the broadcast channels, but not for HBO) you should be able to tune it
>> with Myth and one of these HD cards.
>>
>> In the future Myth support for firewire cable boxes could be used if
>> you can get a supported box.
>>
>> John
>
> Just curious, but from what I've read at the www.pcHDTV.com website QAM
> is not supported on their HD-3000.  Are you sure about that?  If it is
> then maybe it is time to get one, but if not Air2PC card does support
> QAM then I would lean towards that.
>

The latest HD-3000 drivers support QAM. Check the support forum at 
pchdtv.com or http://pchdtv.freedesktop.org/wiki/

So at this point both cards are the same price and both support QAM. 
The HD-3000 was recently sold out, but is back in stock now.

John