On Thursday 14 September 2006 20:39, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 09:25 -0700, Jon Larson wrote:
> > I'm confused.. Is this likely to be a bug with the hardware,
> > software, or just my setup? Are there others on this list to have a
> > "Samsung TCPN 2121P30A" working fine, or is everyone having trouble
> > with that tuner?
>
> I have a Phillips based PVR-500 and the Samsung 2121P30A (2221P30A
> after the patch) based PVR-500. Between the quality patch from Hans,
> and a Motorola cable amp, I now have just as good (or at least real
> close) quality on the Samsung as on the Phillips. The patch had made
> a difference, but the cable amp made the biggest difference. It
> appears that the Samsung tuners are much more sensitive to signal
> levels (ie. they need more).
>
> I got a Motorola BDA-100S1 from Ebay on someone's advice (I think
> from this list). It's the first cable amp that has actually made a
> difference... even for my "regular" TVs.
>
> Lonnie Borntreger
Jon, you said that you applied the Samsung tuner patch and that you saw
no difference. Are you sure that you have applied the patch correctly
and that it is actually being used? It sounds very much like you are
still running with the wrong version.
Hans
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