[mythtv-users] IVTV 0.8.1 and PVR 500 with new Samsung tuners

[Jan Vilhuber]

I have exactly the same problems with my 500 (45 is bad, etc etc  
etc). My 350 is rock solid.

Just one more data point..

jan

On Nov 29, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Scott Alfter wrote:

> Ed Gatzke wrote:
>> I see a recent (11/19) release of new IVTV drivers.  Anyone try these
>> with a recent PVR 500 card?
>
> Not only was channel 45 still subject to unwatchable interference,  
> there also
> seemed to be more noise in some other nearby channels.  Around  
> here, channel 45
> is SciFi, 43 is the History Channel, and 42 is Food Network.  With  
> 0.8.x,
> interference is about the same on 45 as it was with 0.7.x, and  
> interference on
> 43 & 42 is worse.  One of those channels unwatchable is bad enough,  
> but all
> three of them going to pot is a real pisser.
>
> I ended up replacing the PVR-500 this past weekend with a PVR-350  
> that had been
> sitting idle.  All analog channels are once again as clear as a  
> bell.  The only
> scheduling conflicts have been with some talking-head shows on Fox  
> News that
> don't get recorded as frequently now.  I could add a PVR-250 or  
> -150, but I've
> had glitches (PCI bus contention?) from having two tuner cards in  
> one machine
> that didn't occur with the PVR-500.
>
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