On Tuesday 18 April 2006 18:15, TJ Hunter wrote:
> An update on my pvr500 weak tuner problem in case anyone may have the
> same problem I am.
>
> I contacted hauppauge directly and described the problem. Their tech
> support emailed me some pre release drivers to try, so I installed
> windows and installed those drivers and tested with Snapstream's
> trial download of Beyond TV. I had the same problem in windows as I
> did in Linux with ivtv. The hauppauge tech told me that I probably
> have a bad card and that I should RMA it.
>
> So if any of you are having the same problem, make sure you test it
> in windows with the official hauppauge drivers and see if it's your
> card that is the problem. Maybe there's a bad batch or something
> going around.
>
> I think I'll just get two 150s instead of taking a chance with
> another 500. It sounds like too many people are having problems that
> I don't care to deal with.
I have to say that I agree with you that the PVR500 seems to have much
more problems than other cards. Whether they are much more sensitive to
static or interference, or if it is simply the fact that basically two
cards on one has twice as much chance of hardware problems, I have no
idea.
Hans
>
> -TJ
>
> On 4/13/06, TJ Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi. I just joined the mailing list, but did some searching on the
> > list archives and found the issue of the pvr-500 first tuner being
> > weak. I'm also having this problem while trying to setup a mythtv
> > box.
> >
> > Is this problem even resolvable via driver changes? Is it possible
> > it's just a bad card? Should I just send it back and get two
> > pvr150s?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > TJ
>
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