[mythtv-users] hd-3000 vs. AirStar-HD5000AV-PCI

Jesse Guardiani jesse at wingnet.net
Mon Apr 3 16:54:51 UTC 2006


Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 4/3/06, matthew.garman at gmail.com <matthew.garman at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> The MythTV Store (http://mythic.tv/) is out of stock on the pcHDTV
>> HD-3000 tuner card.  They suggest the AirStar-HD5000AV-PCI in it's
>> place.
>>
>> Is there any reason to wait for them to get the HD-3000 back in
>> stock, or is the HD-5000AV just as good?  (It *is* quite a bit
>> cheaper.)
>>
>> I'm building a MythTV box for my parents.  The system will be an
>> Athlon XP+nforce2 system.  The HD tuner card is needed for
>> over-the-air HD tv.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>     
> have you looked to purchase the HD3000 directly from pchdtv.com?
> http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html
>
> also, I've got two Aver A180's running next to my HD3000 and haven't
> noticed a difference...
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00094OWEM/104-5554354-2116744?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282
> you will want/need a >=2.6.15 kernel, directions on the wiki.
>   

Tigerdirect has a good price on these too:
    
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1333269&CatId=1427

Only problem of note is that the saa3147-dvb driver includes i2c code 
that conflicts
with my PVR 350's lirc_i2c IR remote control. I ended up buying a 
streamzap remote
and that has worked out quite well.

-- 
Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net



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