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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/16/19 7:02 PM, Barry Martin wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Hi Folks!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">I am considering
building a new Backend and wondering if the current tuners are
better at compensating for varying signal conditions than the
old ones. Specifically I’m considering the Hauppauge
WinTV-quadHD TV Tuner Card (1609) versus reusing my old HVR-1600
and HVR2250.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">I have issues
with pixelation: have tweaked the incoming signal to the best of
my ability; problem is definitely wind and moving tree branches.
Am wondering if a newer tuner (later generation) is able to
handle fluctuating signal levels better than the older tuners
(early generation). I realize no one can give a 100% answer as
reception depends on a number of factors. I’m located in the
U.S., so ATSC and OTA.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Thanks!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Barry</p>
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<p>I have just installed that card you're considering. I had all
kinds of issues with my HDHR Quatro and replaced it with the 1609.
Like you I'm in the US with ATSC OTA only. Since all of my local
channels but one give me 100% on both the HDHR Quatro and the 1609
it's hard to say which is better at picking up stations. The one
station I watched on the HDHR that was 53% is now 82% on the
1609. It also doesn't seem to overload as I'm 10 miles from the
tower farms for the local CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox stations. Even
though I was using TCP/IP method of connection on the HDHR I
still had minor signal issues. It's only been a few days on the
1609, but I have not seen any issues with the signal and picture
that was recorded. <br>
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<p>My frontends are either a RP3 LibreELEC 9.00 or a Shield TV. Both
of those look great on the new recordings done on the 1609. Since
the Shield TV is connected to a UHD 4K TV which up converted 1080i
and 720p to 4K it all looks great. I have a test PC that has a
Nvidia GT710 that I use for testing Mythtv and other things. It
also looks great on Mythtv recordings made on the 1609.<br>
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<p>The best part for me is now there are no temporary network issues
that screwed up my recordings on the HDHR. My limited few days of
experience with the Hauppauge 1609 says it's the right choice. My
HDHRs will be used for Live TV on tablets, phones and SmartTVs.
Mythtv gets all 4 channels of the 1609 for itself.</p>
<p>I had a HVR 2250 that I through out when I bought my HDHR tuners
a few years ago and that was a good move at the time. Likewise,
replacing the HDHR Quatro with the WinTV QuadHD is the right move
now.<br>
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<p>Jim A<br>
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