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On 01/14/2012 12:33 AM, George Nassas wrote:
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<div>On 2012-01-13, at 10:42 PM, John Nissley wrote:</div>
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another HDHomeRun since I watch mostly the channels that do
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copy flag set or should I get an HVR-2250 so I can get
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clear QAM channels? I guess my biggest question is does the
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really work on the HVR-2250 because many of the post I read
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<div>I use a HVR-2250 as an analog tuner and it's fine provided
you're using a fairly recent kernel. I have it running under
2.6.39. It may also work under earlier kernels but those gave me
trouble with audio over HDMI so I didn't spend much time with
them. The card works well enough as a tuner. I find the audio a
bit harsh or tinny but I haven't had a chance to investigate if
that's the hardware, driver, or my settings. Or my ears.</div>
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<div>The above is a PVR I built for a friend. In my personal PVR I
have an HDHR and a 2250 recording HD OTA (& also an HVR-1600
but never mind that). I'd say they're comparable as digital
tuners. It's hard to make blanket statements since the
manufacturers like to rejig the hardware configuration so my
milage may vary from yours. My HDHR is the 1st generation which
had the weakest tuners but it's still pretty good IMHO. I
regularly have situations where all five tuners are going and I
haven't found one to be noticeably better than the others.
Weather and broadcaster shenanigans are a bigger factor for me.</div>
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<div>- George</div>
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Thanks for all of the recommendations. Because of the comment about
the analogue channels going away I checked new releases for my cable
company and it would seem that in about 4 years the analogue
channels will no longer be supported. For this reason and because I
am still reading about blue recordings happening on a switch between
digital and analogue on the HVR-2250 I will pick up a HDHomeRun
because I just love the version 1 that I currently use.<br>
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Again, thanks again for being so helpful. This list is always
awesome and is part of the reason I have used Mythtv for over 6
years.<br>
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