Wow. Thanks everyone for clarifying that for me. I didn't know that LiveTV on MythTV wasn't...well...Live :)<br>I was wondering why there was a delay in the signal between the TV in my living room and the MythTV box. <br>
<br>I have used that Samsung patch from <a href="http://Madslab.com">Madslab.com</a> and it did fix up the picture nicely on the PVR-500. I also have<br>a signal booster on the cable card but I can tell you that between the both of those, it still not as crisp as it is on
<br>the TV in the living room. I figure that it should look crisper on a 21" LCD screen but I've heard that sometimes, that <br>is not the case.<br><br>I realize now that I may have blamed the card for my lack of experience with fine tuning it. You all have put me back
<br>on the right track. <br><br>So is my original question a moot issue? Is the PVR-500 one of the best cards out there for MythTV?<br><br>Thanks again!<br><br>-Lionel<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/20/06,
<b class="gmail_sendername">John Drescher</b> <<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span class="q"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jerome Yuzyk</b> <<a href="mailto:jerome@supernet.ab.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
jerome@supernet.ab.ca
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Monday 20 November 2006 09:36, John Drescher wrote:<br>><br>> The pvr500 is not just two pvr 150s together, there is a powered<br>> amplifier on the card and for me this is the main cause of my problems<br>> with that card. I have a strong signal and with this amplifier turned on
<br>> I get artifacts (unless I reduce the input signal through splitters).<br>> With the amp turned off I get a very bad picture on the second tuner<br>> with a descent picture on the first. I also have a PVR250 and I can say
<br>> the picture quality on the PVR250 is as good as my analog cable.<br>><br>> John<br><br>How do you turn the amp on and off?<br></blockquote></div><br></span>I believe this is only for samsung tuners.<br>See here:
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org/msg04370.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.mail-archive.com/ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org/msg04370.html</a>
<br><br>In the kernel file <br><pre>drivers/media/video/tuner-types.c</pre>
with the +4 the amp is on without it the amp is off. If you want to test you can update your kernel and compile ( no clean or mrpropper is necissary) then modprobe -r ivtv then modprobe ivtv. you may have to do the same with tuner but I believe when I tested this on 11-11-2006 that was all I needed to do.
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<br><br>John
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