[mythtv-users] anybody have experience with the WinTV-HVR-1975 on linux yet ?

[Rob Verduijn]

2016-03-07 16:39 GMT+01:00 Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller at kernellabs.com>:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Let me take a quick minute to clarify your confusion.
>
> The HVR-1950 is the original product, which has been on the market for
> more than five years.  It contains a US-only digital demodulator (the
> European equivalent is the HVR-1900).
>
> The HVR-1955 is the replacement for the HVR-1950.  It contains a new
> US-only digital demodulator and tuner, since the chips in the original
> went end-of-life some time ago.
>
> The HVR-1975 is a new variation of the core hardware design that
> contains both a US digital demod as well as a DVB demod suitable for
> many other areas of the world.  From a feature standpoint you can look
> at it as a single product which is a combination of the original
> HVR-1950 and 1900.  It's mainly targeted at commercial parties looking
> to embed the tuner in their product and don't want to have separate
> SKUs for US versus Europe (at a slightly higher cost since it contains
> two demodulators).
>
> Now where things get confusing is that Hauppauge may at it's
> discretion choose to ship you a "better" product than the one you
> ordered, assuming it has all the features you paid for.  Hence you
> might order a 1950 and get a 1955 (in this case it's reflected in the
> model number).  Or you might order a 1955 and get a 1975 (repackaged
> as a 1955).  They're obviously only thinking of Windows and hence
> don't consider that under Linux you can end up getting unsupported
> hardware in terms of Linux driver support.
>
> Hopefully that makes things a little more clear in terms of the
> various products out there and their relationship to each other.
>
> Devin
>
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> http://www.kernellabs.com
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Hi,

Thank you for clearing that up.

Now it's only a matter of finding which model numbers are compatible
with linux, and then the right hardware vendor.

I also mailed hauppauge to see if they can clear things up.

Cheers
Rob Verduijn