[mythtv-users] Question about ATI HDTV Wonder
Ty Unes
riverty at kc.rr.com
Thu Feb 7 18:55:19 UTC 2008
John,
I'm using the very same antenna that came with the HDTV Wonder card! I
just mounted it on a decent "stand" off of my roof and kinda homebrew
weatherproofed it for outdoor use. Been working good for me for over a
year now. I live in the greater Kansas City Metro area and have the
antenna pointed towards the "antenna farms" that the local broadcasters
have. Every once in a while I loose signal from one of our broadcasters
but it's not enough to really be an issue.
For a decent picture of the antenna try:
http://www.nextgenelectronics.com/atihdtvwonder.php
John Massengale wrote:
> I am curious, what kind of outdoor antenna are you using for your ATI
> HDTV Wonder? I have one of these cards and it can barely pick up
> anything over the air, maybe 4-5 channels.
>
> I have a Pinnacle 800i that can pick up 41 channels, but the HDTV
> Wonder, just won't. I think I need a better antenna.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 7:58 AM, Ty Unes <riverty at kc.rr.com
> <mailto:riverty at kc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
> Brian Boorman wrote:
> > The MythTv wiki page for the ATI HDTV Wonder talks about the OTA DTV
> > capability of the card, and also states that the analog tuner isn't
> > usable.
> >
> > Could someone elaborate on why the card cannot be used to receive
> > analog CATV stations? Is there some way to force the dvb driver
> not to
> > load and an (ivtv?) driver to load for the analog tuner?
> >
> > I would like to be able to use one (I already own it) alongside the
> > PVR-150 I currently have.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Brian
> >
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> Brian,
>
> My setup includes 2 PVR-150's and 1 ATI HDTV Wonder. The PVR-150's are
> connected directly to Time-Warner cable, the HDTV card is connected to
> an outdoor HD antenna. My setup works great - no problems. I have not
> tried to "force" the HDTV card into analog use as you mentioned in
> your
> post. My take on it is that the kernel will simply load the card
> for HD
> use only by default. But I wanted to mention something to you.
>
> Before I converted my PVR box from Windows MCE to MythTV (Mythbuntu -
> BTW), I was using a custom driver (called "Krams" I think) that would
> allow the Windows MCE machine to use this card for BOTH HD and analog
> tuning. It worked fine with only a long pause going between analog and
> HD channels. I presume that this was Windows unloading the analog
> driver, then loading the HD driver and vice-versa. That said, It
> CAN be
> done! With me having 2 analog cards in the box, I have no need for
> doing
> this anymore.
>
> Anyway, good luck. If I can help further, let me know.
>
> --
> Ty Unes - UNIX / Linux Administrator
> Point b Computer Services
> Email: riverty at kc.rr.com <mailto:riverty at kc.rr.com>
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