[mythtv-users] Best tuner?

[DaveD]

On 12/6/20 6:45 AM, Barry Martin wrote:
>
> DaveD and James:
>
>> Any suggestion that tuners don?t count but antenna does needs a few 
>> grains of salt.
>> Using a bunny-ears to the test backends gives nearly the same 
>> performance!
>
> Over a year ago created a new BackEnd using a Hauppauge 1609: quad 
> tuner.  The old system used their 1600 and 2250.  Antenna untouched; 
> the new tuner took care of 99% of my previous pixellation and dropout 
> issues.
>
> Antenna positioning, coax quality, and other hardware factors are also 
> important, but the newer generation of tuners are better at 
> compensating for signal strength variations due to wind.  FWIW I 
> actually have two antenna systems here: both antennae are essentially 
> identical (same model, purchased maybe six months apart).  One goes to 
> the Backend. the other to the TVs.  Whole bunch of variables due to 
> the distribution but some TVs are better able to display when it's 
> windy, some are not.  The older and cheaper TVs will break up while 
> the newer and better TVs will have an essentially solid display.  And 
> there have been times we've switched from OTA TV to Live TV via MythTV 
> because of the poor signal.
>
> So yes, the tuner makes as much difference as the antenna does.
>
> Barry

The 1609 sounds perfect.  I googled it and Amazon has 3 sellers from 
$230 to $250, and the $230 is back-ordered, due in-stock Dec 15.  So I 
checked Hauppauge's site, and their store has if for $120.  This is 
odd.  Anyway, I ordered one as well as one of their dual USB sticks.  
Hope this eliminates those dropouts.  Thanks for the info.

Dave D.