[mythtv-users] Suicable PCI replacement for a failing PVR150

Andrew Stadt acstadt at stadt.ca
Fri Apr 6 22:28:29 UTC 2012


On 06/04/2012 2:09 PM, Rob Davis wrote:
> Without wishing to pour too much cold water, unfortunetely, you guys are
> talking about incompatible cards to each other.  I'm pretty sure Jan is
> somewhere in Europe using PAL/DVB-T and Andrew in Canada using NTSC/ATSC.
> Any card bought in Canada is going to have a different chipset than bought
> in Europe even if it carried the same number.  Although I suspect that
> Hauppauge would call it something like an HVR-1950 over here and HVR-1900
> in Europe.
>
> Andrew, I think you already mention that you have 2 x HDPVR's on your USB
> subsystem, putting another two devices on this will probably overtax it.
> I would suggest keeping with PCI.  I picked up a Hauppauge dual mode 1600,
> you can use it with ATSC and Mpeg2 at the same time.  Although every now
> and then the driver breaks and either loads with no audio or won't load
> the analog part.
>
> If your 150s work for you, try and get a 500 on eBay.
>
Thanks for the feedback to all, and the several offers I received 
regarding used hardware. I've already picked up a 1600 though I'm 
probably have to wait till the easter weekend is over before I can 
install it - too many guests over to the backend down - I guess there is 
something to be said for having a slave backend huh?

Thanks again,

Andrew.



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