[mythtv-users] HDHR or Hauppauge HVR-2250 for next tuner card?

[John Nissley]

On 01/14/2012 12:33 AM, George Nassas wrote:
> On 2012-01-13, at 10:42 PM, John Nissley wrote:
>
>> Should I get
>> another HDHomeRun since I watch mostly the channels that do not have the
>> copy flag set or should I get an HVR-2250 so I can get analogue and
>> clear QAM channels?  I guess my biggest question is does the analogue
>> really work on the HVR-2250 because many of the post I read say that
>> there are problems.
>
> I use a HVR-2250 as an analog tuner and it's fine provided you're 
> using a fairly recent kernel. I have it running under 2.6.39. It may 
> also work under earlier kernels but those gave me trouble with audio 
> over HDMI so I didn't spend much time with them. The card works well 
> enough as a tuner. I find the audio a bit harsh or tinny but I haven't 
> had a chance to investigate if that's the hardware, driver, or my 
> settings. Or my ears.
>
> The above is a PVR I built for a friend. In my personal PVR I have an 
> HDHR and a 2250 recording HD OTA (& also an HVR-1600 but never mind 
> that). I'd say they're comparable as digital tuners. It's hard to make 
> blanket statements since the manufacturers like to rejig the hardware 
> configuration so my milage may vary from yours. My HDHR is the 1st 
> generation which had the weakest tuners but it's still pretty good 
> IMHO. I regularly have situations where all five tuners are going and 
> I haven't found one to be noticeably better than the others. Weather 
> and broadcaster shenanigans are a bigger factor for me.
>
> - George
Thanks for all of the recommendations.  Because of the comment about the 
analogue channels going away I checked new releases for my cable company 
and it would seem that in about 4 years the analogue channels will no 
longer be supported.  For this reason and because I am still reading 
about blue recordings happening on a switch between digital and analogue 
on the HVR-2250 I will pick up a HDHomeRun because I just love the 
version 1 that I currently use.

Again, thanks again for being so helpful.  This list is always awesome 
and is part of the reason I have used Mythtv for over 6 years.
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