[mythtv-users] NTSC USB tuners: which ones are out there?

[James Miller]

Reviving a thread that's a few months old and that I started here in 
March. Reason is that one or both of the used HVR-1950's I got are giving 
me more and more problems. I'm not sure how much longer they're going to 
last or I'm going to be able to put up with the issues. So I'm 
contemplating replacing them.

I'm still not sure I'll spend any more money on this soon-to-be-obsolete 
equipment, given that the end of NTSC cable broadcasting in my area is 
getting closer by the day. But I thought it might at least be worth asking 
about the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q, which seems to support capturing NTSC 
cable broadcasts and is also supported under MythTV. Anyone have 
experience with these? Looks like I may have somehow overlooked them in my 
initial searches for NTSC USB tuners.

Thanks

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, James Miller wrote:

> Now that I'm partway up and running with my "new and improved MythTV system," 
> I've realized I made a mistake in purchasing tuner hardware. Maybe I'll post 
> in greater detail about that later. But for now I just want to ask what there 
> is out there in the way of functional, MythTV-compatible, NTSC-capable USB 
> tuners? I've so far run across the AverMedia Hybrid Volar (H826)--which seems 
> not to be supported under newer kernels--and the Hauppauge 
> WinTV-HVR-1950--which seems currently to be supported but which often gets 
> confused with the WinTV-HVR-1955, which is not supported.
>
> Can anyone comment on one or other of these USB tuners or their NTSC-tuning 
> capabilities? Are there other NTSC USB tuners I've overlooked and that might 
> work as well or better than those? Thanks.
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