[mythtv-users] HDHomerun vs FusionHDTV5

[Scott Milliken]

Bobby Schwartz wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Bobby Schwartz <rschwartz at lastar.com> wrote:
>> Anyone had experience or ever owned both tuners?  I have the FusionHDTV5
>> (Gold PCI retail version) right now.  My Panasonic plasma will pull in
>> all the big networks OTA at 70-90% signal.  If I disconnect the antenna
>> from the plasma and connect to the Fusion (same wire, same plug, no
>> splitters, no trickery) it only yields 30-40% signal (unwatchable) in
>> Myth.
>>
>> Is the signal actually unwatchable?  For me (DVB-T instead of ATSC)  the signal strength NUMBERS on cards in linux is always low, and sometimes a bit random, even when I get perfect picture.
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> Yes.  It ranges from no picture at all to barely watchable.  Sometimes Myth throws an error about "Should've had a lock by now" and sometimes the frontend just locks up.
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I have a Fusion HDTV Lite card, an HDHomeRun and a Hauppauge HD-PVR in 
my setup.  The Fusion card pulls in the signals just as well as the 
HDHomeRun, so I don't know if you've got a defect or what.  I did lower 
the threshold for digital signals in MythTV to 40% and everything still 
comes in crystal clear.  I live in a hilly area about 35 miles away from 
the antenna sources and am using a Winegard SS with amplifier, then 
multiple splitters to deliver signal all over my house.

Scott Milliken
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