[mythtv-users] Re: M179 (PVR-250 clone) for $49.99 at SF Bay AreaFry's

[Dennis Hand]

> > I didn't get the original post, but I heard you can sometimes fix the
> > recption by grounding the coax connector. It's possible that your PC
itself
> > isn't properly grounded, if this is the case. You may want to test our
> > outlet to be sure.

> Pete

> >----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dex West" <dexwest at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 4:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] M179 (PVR-250 clone) for $49.99 at SF Bay
> > AreaFry's


> --- "J. Donavan Stanley" <jdonavan at jdonavan.net> wrote:
> > David Wood wrote:
> >
> > > If this is the same (discontinued) m179 I've heard of, you should
> > > avoid it.
> > >
> > >
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=15-100-003&depa=0
> > >
> > >
> > > "While I had no problems getting the drivers installed, this card has
> > > a serious problem with reception quality. Wavy bars oscillate across
> > > the screen during TV viewing."
> >
> >
> > Both myself and several others here have zero problems with the M179
> > they work just fine and I really don't see any difference between what
> > it captures and what my PVR250s capture.
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> As with the pvr250s are there several different versions of the m179?
>
>
There is nothing wrong with these cards at all. If your having problems then
it sounds like operator error to me. I own two and they look as good as my
PVR-250.

-Dennis