[mythtv-users] tuner recommendation

[ryan patterson]

I have the hauppauge pvr-500 for NTSC and the HDhomerun for ATSC.  Both are
dual tuners with quite stable drivers.

On 1/29/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2007, at 10:24 AM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>
> > JDP DATA wrote:
> >> Any recommendation on a single slot dual tuner PCI tuner card
> >> capable for
> >> receving NTSC via Air or Cable & Digital ATSC that will work with
> >> OpenSuse10.2/MythTV?
> >>
> >> I tried the ADSTEch PTV-380-EF, but sadly it doesn't work with
> >> Linux  I
> >> need
> >> a single slot card because my Shuttle Xpc has only one empty PCI slot
> >> available.  I would like to tune both Cable and ATSC.
> >
> > The present state of things is that you can have a dual NTSC tuner
> > (PVR500) or you can have a single tuner which can do NTSC and ATSC
> > depending on its setup.
> > Or you can get a PVR500 for the PCI slot and an HDHomeRun which gives
> > you 2 ATSC tuners, for a total of 4 tuners, with 2 on each signal.
> > And I
> > would consider that 2 tuners is the minimum for any type of signal.
>
> There are also some USB tuners that will work with Myth. The Plextor
> TV402U and, I believe, at least one of the Hauppauge units, if you
> are short on PCI slots.
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