[mythtv-users] Best PCI HD capture card?

[mythtv at derdev.com]

> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Arthur H. Hamm
> Jr.<badnewseveryone at izzy.net> wrote:
>> I need a PCI card for my myth box. I am a little afraid of the HD-5500's
>> raw
>> output and have read bad things about the HVR-1600. The HDHR sounds a
>> little
>> funky...
>
> Howdy Arthur,
>
> What do you mean by "raw output" on the HD-5500?
>
> HDHR isn't PCI, but since you brought it up, is there some other
> reason you are rejecting it?  The conclusion I draw from everything I
> read is that it is the favorite solution - it just works.  And of
> course, has the advantage of not chewing up a PCI slot, so you aren't
> tied to a motherboard in the future that has one.
>
> Have fun,
>
>     Marc

HDHR is pretty simple, highly stable, depenendable, helps reduce heat in
your PC by NOT using a PCI.  Also there have been a lot of posts where
crosstalk and interference between tuner cards has been an issue and HDHR
helped quite a bit by removing (or not requiring) a(nother) tuner card
from(on) the backend machine.

If you have a specific requirement for a PCI/card solution, please go
right ahead.  However, I know of nothing (in my limited experience) that
would merit calling the HDHR "funky".  Perhaps you should be more specific
in your requirements or concerns?

HTH, Dave.