[mythtv-users] [Mostly OT] OTA HDTV Options

[Kevin Kuphal]

Brandon Stoll wrote:

>   Earlier today I picked up an indoor antenna and to my surprise
>nearly every channel came in with pretty bad reception- which was
>better then I expected.  So, I'd like to try an outdoor antenna but I
>have a huge problem: I'm on the second floor of a 3-floor apartment
>building, and facing more or less the wrong direction according to
>antennaweb.  In a situation like this, would an outdoor antenna
>(something I could mount on a balcony and neighbors wouldn't complain
>about) even give a significant gain vs an indoor or am I wasting my
>time?
>   And, since I'm probably going to end up getting HDTV one way or
>another, what HDTV tuner cards should I be looking at?  I've seen a
>lot of posts using the HD3000 but I'm interested if there are other
>tuners that have Linux support too.
>
>Sorry for being incredibly off of MythTV but I really don't know where
>else to be asking these questions :)
>  
>
There are two cards that I know of.  HD3000 and the Air2PC.

http://www.pchdtv.com
http://mythic.tv/product_info.php?products_id=46

Kevin