On wo, 2008-05-07 at 10:00 -0400, Carl L. Gilbert wrote: > I am trying to decide between the Hauppauge HVR-1600 or the PVR-150.
<snip> > I see the HVR-1600 is not 100% supported so it concerns me as I am an > ivtv/MythTV noob and don't want to bite off too much new stuff at > once. If you want to be save get a PVR-150 as this is known to work well with mythtv. Although there are reports that the HVR-1600 works with mythtv there might be bugs preventing proper usage for you. > Haven't even installed it yet. Plus, do I really need clear QAM? is > that any better than the same channels on analog cable? This is probably better to ask in the v4l-dvb mailing list. Some here *might* know... I don't. > But it looks like I have to watch out because an HVR-1600 may come in > the PVR-150 box? This was only done by Hauppauge because they ran out PVR-150's and only for a short time. AFAIK this has not happened since then so the risk is almost zero ;-) > Thanks for your tips or pointers to reading material which I know > newsgroup like to point you too :) Jarod Wilson's mythtv howto [1] is good reading. Jarod's howto is Fedora based and you might want to start with that instead of Mandriva. If you are having problems [2] can be very useful. > P.S. Remember, I don't really need decoding right? or will this help > when I serve the signal? With any Athlon XP decoding should not be a problem. Greets Sander [1] http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/ [2] http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Troubleshooting _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
