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

[Pete Davis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Hand" <4hands at earthlink.net>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: M179 (PVR-250 clone) for $49.99 at SF
BayAreaFry's


> > > 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
>
>
I've heard a number of people complain about this exact problem with these
cards. Just because you haven't had a problem with them doesn't mean there's
not a problem with the cards. It doesn't mean there is a problem with them
either. But I'd certainly hesitate to recommend them over the Hauppauges
given the volume of complaints I've seen.

Pete