[mythtv-users] Analog capture cards

[David Liana]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 09 February 2010 01:45:57 pm Bob Wiegand wrote:
> > Brian Wood wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 09 February 2010 01:18:50 pm Bob Wiegand wrote:
> > >> I wouldn't mind getting a dual analog/digital card as long as the
> > >> analog half works well. I tried a HVR-1600 but the analog capture
> > >> just isn't that good.
> > >
> > > Are you able to compare it's analog capture to a PVR? The 1600 has
> > > hardware MPEG encoding, I'd expect it to be more or less the same as a
> > > PVR, or is it perhaps a driver issue that might improve with time?
> >
> > I doubt its the driver. I would guess that the hardware tuner just isn't
> > as good.
> >
> > I had both the 350 and the 1600 in my machine at the same time. When I
> > switched back an forth between tuners the difference in quality was
> > easy to see.
>
> Still not definitive. The two tuners might want different input levels for
> optimum performance. Even the slot position might make a difference.
>
> But it's a datapoint, thanks for any information you can provide.
>
> Testing with baseband video input would eliminate the tuners from the
> equation. I think a lot of analog capture devices will be used with STBs or
> sat receivers these days, so baseband performance might be the most
> important
> factor.
>
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I've had the opposite thing happen.  I can hardly tell the difference.
YMMV, I guess :-)
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