[sllug-members]: PCTV PCI HD Tuner card

[Brad Midgley]

Christopher

I think what people typically do with a dish receiver is use the 
firewire output to get at the hd signal. You have to use something like 
an IR device to let the computer select channels on the receiver.

Brad

> On the subject of the hd3000,
> 
> I've been using mine for over-the-air digital and Dish satellite via
> analog. I've been thinking of upgrading the satellite receiver to one
> of their HD receivers. Does anyone know if I'd be able to connect the
> receiver to the HD3000 (via the RF connector I guess) and receive HD
> digital programming, or is this card limited to analog for satellite
> reception?
> 
> On Nov 23, 2007 8:18 AM, Brad Midgley <bmidgley at xmission.com> wrote:
>> 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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