[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

[Brad Midgley]

fwiw

on the rematch between me and the hd3000...

ubuntu gutsy has the firmware in its restricted modules package. (+brad)
myth picked up some feeds searching qam-256 (+brad)
but using myth client to watch tv live gives me 1s of video, 3s of a
frozen image on screen, then another 1s of video, etc.(+hd3000)

I scored some early points but it's still a draw.

it's on a 2.4ghz IBM intellistation pro with 1gb ram.

Brad


> Regardless of which card you go with... it would be a real help if
> someone who has gotten QAM to work can tell us if comcast in our market
> uses qam-64, qam-256, 8-vsb and which of cable, cable-irc, cable-hrc to
> scan with. That ends up being a lot of combinations to try.
> 
> Brad
> 
>>> u235sentinel wrote:
>>>> Personally I like the HDTV 3000 card
>>> It is about $50-$60 more than I can buy the Pinnacle for.
>> The hdtv3000 was so problematic getting qam to work that I gave up. I've
>> worked out some poorly documented and challenging software and hardware
>> but I've never felt totally defeated like that.
>>
>> Read the docs on getting QAM to work on the card with mythtv before you
>> buy it and see if they make sense to you.
>>
>> Brad
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