On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 11:02 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 14:30 -0230, Corey Quilliam wrote:
> >> I just had a quick question. I'm getting my computer replaced, and
> >> with regards to the tv tuner, I have a choice between the HVR1600 and
> >> the HVR1800. With regards to Linux compatibility, which one would be
> >> better suited?
> >
> >
> > Both should be well supported.
> >
> > The cx18 driver has a slight advantage in:
> > - has working FM radio support
> > - let's LIRC attach for IR
> > - working VBI (I'm not sure if the cx23885 driver has VBI working)
> >
> > The HVR-1800 has an advantage in that it's PCIe vs PCI. PCI slots are
> > hard to come by on modern computers. Don't plan to use PCI slots unless
> > you have to.
>
> But does not yet support ntsc (analogue) as of yet does it?
> or am I missing something...
> --Robert
>
I looked through the file
linux/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-cards.c
before my initial post, looking at HVR-1800 support, and it looked
pretty complete for HVR-1800 (but not the 1880lp).
Steve Toth said analog worked fine for him on 2 March 2009:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02237.html
but people are reporting some problems. It's not clear whether those
reporting problems have the latest drvier or not.
In my mind, the HVR-1600 is a safer bet for having it "just work".
A system level issue, that can happen to anyone with a PCI card like the
HVR-1600, though is sharing the CX23418 PCI IRQ line with some other
device that has a device driver with a poorly written IRQ handler. That
situation on a PCI bus can cause poor performance with the CX23418
firmware (which doesn't like being ignored for long). I'm not sure if
it can be an issue on a PCIe bus.
Regards,
Andy
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