[TriLUG] TV Tuner Card suggestion [may be OT]

Reginald Reed reginald.reed at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 14:48:05 EST 2009


I'm happy with my HDHomeRun networked ATSC/clear QAM tuner.  It is
compatible with Myth (and a bunch of other stuff), but I use it with
an OS X machine.  Its nice having the tuner sit in my garage instead
of with the mess of other crap I have in my home office.

--Reggie

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Looks like the PVR 150 is a pretty good deal.
> http://www.amazon.com/Hauppauge-WinTV-PVR-150-Tuner-Remote-Control/dp/B0006FS2IQ
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Emmaus <suamme1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In my Mythbuntu server, I use a pcHDTV 5500 and a PCIe Hauppage card
>> for QAM (digital cable) and a Hauppage PVR-150 MPEG encoder card for
>> NTSC and they all work great. The pcHDTV has a SD tuner, but it's
>> pretty poor quality since it's not an encoder. Together, they all work
>> fine. I have both QAM cards set to record up to two streams at a time
>> and have used them all at the simultaneously with no problems.
>>
>> --es
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  I'm running an Ubuntu-based home-brew media center and
>>> looking for a reasonable, supported TV tuner card. Any of you
>>> using anything I should know about?
>>>
>>> Thnx
>>>
>>> -Carl
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