The HDhomerun is the best HD tuner (as far as I'm concerned). But it can't tune non digital channels like some of the HD PCI tuners can.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Tom Lichti</b> <<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.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;">
Steven Adeff wrote:<br>> On 1/16/07, Brad DerManouelian <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> On Jan 16, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve wrote:<br>>>> I may be asking a wrong question here, since I know people aren't
<br>>>> supposed<br>>>> to solicit buying or selling their stuff or promoting their sites. I<br>>>> understand if the first question doesn't get answered.<br>>>><br>>>> I'm looking around to buy my first tuner card. A lot of the sites
<br>>>> I've<br>>>> found I've never heard of before and I'm just wondering if there's one<br>>>> site most people use. Sort of a "newegg" for video.<br>>>><br>
>>> To make this 2 topics in 1 email, I'm trying to decide between the<br>>>> AirStar<br>>>> 5500 or the pcHDTV 5500. I'm thinking the AirStar from reading a few<br>>>> articles, but I just wanted to see what other people thought.
<br>>> I've got the pcHDTV-5500 and am happy with it. I only use it for DVB<br>>> recording and only OTA, but I bought it in case I switch to cable one<br>>> day and want to use QAM. I had to install drivers from their site
<br>>> since the ones that come with later kernels didn't seem to work, but<br>>> I'm also on FC-5. Maybe 6 is better? I don't have any experience with<br>>> the other card you mentioned.<br>
>><br>>> Also, have you considered the HD HomeRun? It's like having 2 cards in<br>>> an external box that connects via Ethernet. It's especially nice when<br>>> you start adding other cards and run out of slots like SD cards,
<br>>> gigabit card, etc. Also, you don't have to worry about drivers. Many<br>>> people on the list are happy with it.<br>>><br>>> Oh.. and asking advice about buy a hardware is fine on the list.
<br>>> Asking, "Can you sell me..." or "Would anyone like to buy..." isn't.<br>><br>> Bump for the HD HomeRun. Two HD tuners, no driver hassles, can<br>> conveniently place anywhere (not tied to the location of your
<br>> backend).<br>><br>><br><br>Another thumbs up for the HD HomeRun. I love mine.<br><br>Tom<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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