[mythtv-users] Question about ATI HDTV Wonder

[Ty Unes]

John,

I'm using the very same antenna that came with the HDTV Wonder card! I 
just mounted it on a decent "stand" off of my roof and kinda homebrew 
weatherproofed it for outdoor use. Been working good for me for over a 
year now. I live in the greater Kansas City Metro area and have the 
antenna pointed towards the "antenna farms" that the local broadcasters 
have. Every once in a while I loose signal from one of our broadcasters 
but it's not enough to really be an issue.

For a decent picture of the antenna try:

http://www.nextgenelectronics.com/atihdtvwonder.php


John Massengale wrote:
> I am curious, what kind of outdoor antenna are you using for your ATI 
> HDTV Wonder? I have one of these cards and it can barely pick up 
> anything over the air, maybe 4-5 channels.
>
> I have a Pinnacle 800i that can pick up 41 channels, but the HDTV 
> Wonder, just won't. I think I need a better antenna.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 7:58 AM, Ty Unes <riverty at kc.rr.com 
> <mailto:riverty at kc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Brian Boorman wrote:
>     > The MythTv wiki page for the ATI HDTV Wonder talks about the OTA DTV
>     > capability of the card, and also states that the analog tuner isn't
>     > usable.
>     >
>     > Could someone elaborate on why the card cannot be used to receive
>     > analog CATV stations? Is there some way to force the dvb driver
>     not to
>     > load and an (ivtv?) driver to load for the analog tuner?
>     >
>     > I would like to be able to use one (I already own it) alongside the
>     > PVR-150 I currently have.
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     > -Brian
>     >
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>     Brian,
>
>     My setup includes 2 PVR-150's and 1 ATI HDTV Wonder. The PVR-150's are
>     connected directly to Time-Warner cable, the HDTV card is connected to
>     an outdoor HD antenna. My setup works great - no problems. I have not
>     tried to "force" the HDTV card into analog use as you mentioned in
>     your
>     post. My take on it is that the kernel will simply load the card
>     for HD
>     use only by default. But I wanted to mention something to you.
>
>     Before I converted my PVR box from Windows MCE to MythTV (Mythbuntu -
>     BTW), I was using a custom driver (called "Krams" I think) that would
>     allow the Windows MCE machine to use this card for BOTH HD and analog
>     tuning. It worked fine with only a long pause going between analog and
>     HD channels. I presume that this was Windows unloading the analog
>     driver, then loading the HD driver and vice-versa. That said, It
>     CAN be
>     done! With me having 2 analog cards in the box, I have no need for
>     doing
>     this anymore.
>
>     Anyway, good luck. If I can help further, let me know.
>
>     --
>     Ty Unes - UNIX / Linux Administrator
>     Point b Computer Services
>     Email: riverty at kc.rr.com <mailto:riverty at kc.rr.com>
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