On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Paul B. Henson wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Seth Heckard wrote: > > > I've had a Air2PC on backorder from cyberestore for a while now, and > > just checked on the status to see that it's delayed until May or June. > > Not only that, but it will use a new chipset that probably won't be > > supported initially. > > yes, but on the bright side the new chipset will have a 5th generation > tuner :). I actually have three units on back order myself and share your > pain <sigh>...
The "5th generation" Samsung table-top HD tunners are supposed to be amazing. > > Other than cyberestore and the mythtv store listed on froogle, is there > > anywhere to actually get these cards? A lot of people on this list seem > > to have them, yet nowhere on the internet seems to have them in stock. > > they are completely out of stock, the manufacturer simply needs to make > more. > > > I have read that the Air2PC card is "better" in the QAM department. If > > I get impatient and go for a HD-3000, would I be missing anything? > > Actually, it appears the original Air2PC had some unresolvable hardware > issues with QAM. They are supposed to be fixed in the new version. I > believe the HD-3000 is QAM capable, but don't know how it compares to the > as yet unavailable new version of them Air2PC. I have three HD-3000. They have been working beautifully for me. I have used both the V4L2 and the DVB drivers, and both seem to work very well. I played with QAM just enough to discover that only three of my six OTA stations are available via QAM. > I originally decided on the Air2PC because it was supposed to have a better > tuner with greater success in the face of marginal signals. On the other > hand, it seems a lot of people are happy with their HD-3000's, so if you > can't wait... I have clear line of sight to the broadcast towers, so I cannot give a report of how well the HD-3000 handles poor signals. I will say that I have over 100' of coax between my antenna and my office where the HD-3000's are. That coax has one split at about 25', and then three more splits to feed the three HD-3000. If anything, my HD-3000s indicate that the signal they are getting is too *strong*. My HD picture has been pristine with this setup. John
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