[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

[Mark Johnston]

I have a DViCO HDTV fusion 3 (with QAM) I think all of their cards since 
have been QAM, it works well you just have to build the drivers in the 
kernel.
I also have an ATI HDTV Wonder, it also has QAM support.  Both cards 
work with MythTV, I just haven't spent the time to make it all work 
nicely together yet.

avsforum.com has been an awesome resource for me in the past for any HD 
related projects in windows or linux.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=25
Digital Connection is where I bought my DViCO card:
https://www.digitalconnection.com/store/Product_List.asp?CID=3&CAT=HDTV%20TUNER%20CARD
The ATI card I bought somewhere when they were having a special sale.
Most cards are decently supported these days, and since they all they 
have to do is tune the stream you can dd the mpeg2 right from the 
device.  Just make sure to trim the edges a bit.  ;)

Good luck,
Mark

Robert Lewis wrote:
> Thanks. I went to their site and read everything.
>
> It is about $50-$60 more than I can buy the Pinnacle for.
> The current very old Pinnacle card that I have (non-HD) I
> plugged and it just worked on Linux.  Will an HD Pinnacle
> card not work without me going through a bunch of push-ups ?
> Are you telling me that things will go more smoothly with the
> HDTV HD5500 to warrant the increase in expense?
>
> Also, does anyone have a solution for how I can play back
> a recorded HD session on the big TV on the other side of
> the house?
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
> u235sentinel wrote:
>   
>> Personally I like the HDTV 3000 card
>>
>> http://www.pchdtv.com/
>>
>> I've used it for some time with MythTV and have recommended it ever
>> since.
>>
>> FYI.. it was originally developed for Linux.  i understand someone has
>> written drivers for it under Windows now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Lewis wrote:
>>     
>>> Before I go out and make a mistake I thought I would ask for your
>>> insight.
>>>
>>> I recently purchased a SAMSUNG 22" wide screen for my computer
>>> which I am impressed with.
>>>
>>> I now want to purchase a HI DEV PCI card so that I can watch HI DEF
>>> on occasion on this monitor.
>>>
>>> I see multiple brands of cards out there. However, I am kind of leaning
>>> to the Pinnacle PCTV card:
>>> http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5410479?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
>>>
>>> I require the QAM tuner as I don't pay for any special services for the
>>> extended
>>> HD channels but get several channels now on my HD TV in the living room.
>>> It only goes to 1080i but I probably will be fine with that. (Your
>>> thoughts welcome)
>>>
>>> Eventually I would like to use the computer to record some Hi Def shows.
>>> and I understand this can be done with MYTH TV ?  Is this the best
>>> program
>>> for doing this?
>>>
>>> Since my computer is on the other side of the house from the main TV
>>> and suggestions on how I can playback a recorded HI DEF TV program on
>>> the computer to come through the main TV?   I was thinking about using a
>>> Large USB external drive and then playing it back on the big TV with my
>>> laptop VGA cable through the computer.  Works great now as a monitor
>>> with this 42" screen.
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance for your sage advice,
>>> Bob
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