[mythtv-users] HDTV AIR2PC card production delay, but now has 5th gen tuner

[William]

> While corresponding with BBTI technical support regarding the 
> system I am building for the 3 AIR2PC cards I currently have 
> on back order, they informed me that due to a part 
> inavailability they're not going to meet the previous April 
> ship date. However, they say that the next build of the card 
> is going to have a 5th generation tuner chip.
> 
> I'm curious whether that means the driver will need to be 
> updated to work with this new version? Any thoughts?
> 

I would say its almost a certainty that the new card is going to require a
new driver. Perhaps if the new tuner is backwards compatible with the old
one the existing driver may work but I would put money on it not working :)