[mythtv-users] Hardware questions

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Tue, 2008-21-10 at 19:46 -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> On 10/21/08, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
> >> Let me preface my comments by noting what I think of Rogers as a
> >> customer ... sad to say, but my comments are not fit for polite
> >> company (and not fit for most impolite company...), which seems to be
> >> par for many cable companies....
> >
> > Hey I've got my fair share of Rogers complaints too lol.
> >
> >> > ASUS P4V8X-MX mobo
> >> > 1.2gb ram
> >> > P4 3.4ghz EE cpu
> >> > 7600 GS AGP card
> >> >
> >> > 1. I'd say I'm relatively out of the loop with current hardware, so I'm
> >> > wondering if there such a mobo that will support any or all of the above
> >> > parts but also have the newer PCI Express needed for newer tuner cards?
> >>
> >> As long as you are only dealing with one HDTV channel at a time what
> >> you list should be okay.
> >>
> >> > 2. Or am I looking at having to get new mobo+cpu+ram+card?
> >>
> >> Well, a new mobo+cpu+ram+video card will set you back $200+ . I would
> >> be making sure your current set-up is unable to do what you want
> >> before spending $.
> >>
> >> > 3. What are the top tuner card(s) that can capture analog+digital\HD
> >> > that
> >> > work great with Myth?
> >>
> >> I have heard many nice things said about the HDHomerun. I am currently
> >> using a pcHDTV-5500 card, which has analog issues, but does a nice job
> >> on over the air digital TV (at least from where I am in mid-town
> >> Toronto).
> >>
> >
> > I think I was asking about whether or not to upgrade my HW because getting a
> > new HVR-xxxx card would mean PCI Express, and my current mobo does *not
> > *have
> > PCIE, hence the need for an upgrade and if so, back to the questions above..
> >
> > Colin, what do you use for HD? I'm seeing this:
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hauppauge_HD-PVR  and thinking I
> > might stick with another 150 for now and wait for that to be final in a .22
> > release or so...
> 
> Well, as noted I am using a pcHDTV-5500 card from these folks:
> 
>    www.pchdtv.com/hd_5500.html
> 
> The above card gets it's signal from a roof mounted Wingard GS-2200
> antenna from these folks:
> 
>    winegard.com/offair/sensar.htm
> 
> The GS-2200 has a reputation of being a so-so antenna at a reasonable
> price, but as I got it off eBay it was a so-so antenna at a great
> price :-) . Basicly I am happy with the combo. I am getting roughly 15
> digital channels and for the remainder I use a PVR-150 and PVR-350
> analog tuners tied to Rogers.

Very similar setup here, I have the pcHDTV-5500, pcHDTV-3000 and HDHR,
I'm in North York and I use Channel Master 4221 and I get 17 OTA digital
channels and for analog I use PVR-500 and PVR-250 connected to Rogers
analog.

I see no reason to get Rogers digital.

K