[mythtv-users] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 - buying in the UK

Robin Hill myth at robinhill.me.uk
Wed Feb 14 08:50:16 UTC 2007


On Wed Feb 14, 2007 at 08:19:35AM +0000, Peter Bowyer wrote:

> On 14/02/07, dave at theansells.com <dave at theansells.com> wrote:
> > I've read on this list that the dual Nova-T card is not fully stable.
> > Cant verify myself as I have 3 single channel Nova-T cards which were
> > picked up from eBay.  (They are certainly rock solid.)
> 
> The Nova-T-500 is stable apart from EIT, which occasionally causes a
> backend crash. (once every few weeks for me). A friend and I bought
> one each, and have had good success with them. If you don't use EIT
> you don't get the problem.
> 
This is not true for me - EIT merely exacerbates the problem.  I still
get a crash every 3-4 weeks (instead of every 1-2 days with EIT).

The cards are very good otherwise, though if I'd had enough room I'd
probably have gone with the standard Nova-T cards instead.

Cheers,
        Robin
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