I've got a PVR-350, which I use to record SDTV from a cable box. With Channel 7, and 5 now doing OTA HD in Calgary - I thought I would buy a card and start using it.. my mythtv box hooks upto my HDTV.
>From the mythtv ATSC wiki: 8-VSB is the standard for broadcasting ATSC over the air in Canada and the USA. The USB item supports 8-VSB, so looks like it will work perfect. Thanks Sean On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > The 4-digit Hauppage cards look like they support QAM. I assume there > would be a list of supported cards on the MythTV site somewhere. > > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX16683%28ME%29.aspx > http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX22738%28ME%29.aspx > > I use a 350 (older Hauppage card) at home, no QAM, but the card itself > works well. I'm not sure I would trust a USB device for 24/7 > operation. If you don't need it to work 24/7, then I'm sure it would > be worth looking into. > > An extra $30 for a PCI card and a remote control seems like a good > deal to me, if you don't have a remote already. > > -Mark C. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Sean Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hmm I saw this card before but was looking at the pcHDTV cards - how >> well does it work? As I understand it, there is no need for hardware >> encoding on OTA HD (It just dumps the frames to disk) .. was it fairly >> easy to setup? >> Sean >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Anyone know, anyone that sells any of the pcHDTV cards in town or >>>> western Canada? Or have a used one they want to sell? Looking for a >>>> OTA HD card for MythTV >>>> >>>> Sean >>> >>> http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX14915%28ME%29.aspx >>> >>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_WinTV_HVR-950 >>> >>> Simon. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
