[olug] Hauppauge TV card recommendations

[Shawn Mattingly]

If you are on Cox the great TV equipment purge of 2009 will mean very 
little to you.  The FCC is only mandating that Over-The-Air (OTA) 
broadcasts be switched to ATSC.  Cable customers will be at the mercy of 
their cable companies.

Dave Thacker wrote:
> On Friday 18 April 2008 12:33:31 Eric P wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to put together a MythTV setup, and it looks like Hauppauge TV
>> cards (w/remote and IR emitter) may be the way to go.
>>
>> I don't have cable TV, but I will be getting a digital converter
>> whatchamajig for my analog TV and 9' antenna.  So I'd like to run the
>> signal from that through the Hauppauge TV card/MythTV setup on the way to
>> the TV.
>>
>> I'm looking on eBay for something relatively on the cheap.  Can anyone tell
>> me their experiences with any of the prevalent models?  I'm seeing these
>> Hauppauge card models: 150, 250, 350 and 500.  Also, I'm seeing Hauppauge
>> WinTV Go cards as well.  So I'm a little at a loss of what I should be
>> aiming for.
>>     
>
> I have a 150 and it works well with Cox (I just have extended basic).   I have 
> no idea what will happen after the great fiasco next February.    I have 4 
> old school TV's and the Mythbuntu box all hooked up to cable, so I'm hoping 
> they'll just work.   I'm sure Cox will find a way to get a nice rate increase 
> in for this. 
>
> Dave
>
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