[mythtv-users] compatible OTA ATSC tuners for MythTV?

jack snodgrass mrlinuxgroups at gmail.com
Sun Aug 26 12:43:13 UTC 2007


On 8/26/07, Mark Kundinger <mkundinger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, miracle of miracles, I actually found a place where I can put an
> antenna to receive over-the-air ATSC HD signals in my little canyon corner
> of San Diego (except Fox, which is broadcast from Tijuana).
>
> I *need* a tuner which can tune ATSC signals.  I would very much prefer a
> tuner which can also tune QAM (not available to me now, but it would be
> nice).  Old analog NTSC tuning is not a big deal though, as I have a PVR-250
> that works fine.
>
> What are the current options?  The ones I know:
>
> - HDHomeRun
> - pchdtv
>
> But what about other things, like the WinTV-HVR-950?  Any other tuners out
> there?  The HDHR is the leading candidate, but it's just a little bit
> spendy, considering I'm going to be upgrading most of the rest of the Myth
> box as well.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

I'm using a air2pc card that I got off of ebay for $25. It does ATSC
but not QAM.
for $25... I'm ok with no QAM.

jack


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