[olug] Hauppauge TV card recommendations

[Shawn Mattingly]

If you are gunning for MythTV OTA HD nirvana you might want to try the 
HD-3000's newer (and currently shipping) brother, the HD-5500 
(http://www.pchdtv.com/).  I was noodling around with using a Myth box 
for HD before I got my Tivo Series 3 and my HD-3000 worked pretty well 
if the computer had a sufficient amount of CPU...the Athlon XP 1800+ I 
had it in initially didn't have enough juice to display NETV at 1080i.  I 
haven't really messed with it much since the drivers got mainlined into 
the kernel.  I read some where that it will do QAM now too?  is this true?

Shawn

James Ringler wrote:
> The key is the original poster doesn't have cable.   So he's just trying 
> for the OTA channels.
>
>
> Noel Leistad wrote:
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>> James Ringler wrote:
>> | Craig Wolf wrote:
>> |> According to my wife, our DVR saved our marriage.  8)
>> |>
>> |> Craig Wolf
>> |
>> | With all of the transition to HD in a short time coupled with the hassle
>> | of controlling a converting box, it would make sense to me to just pay a
>> | little more for the HD cards..
>> |
>> | My Mythbackend has 2 -  150's  and a PCHD3000. I don't have an HD TV but
>> | I wanted to get the OTA channels not on Time Warner Cable.  The new
>> | 5500's are out and are a little cheaper.  If I were building one now,
>> | I'd go straight to the hd cards.
>>
>> Wolf, glad for the "save"!! :-) No commercials, no missed shows
>> appreciated at my house too, however, using KB for remote NOT so good.
>>
>> Cable systems send signals as QAM, Over-the-Air is ATSC.
>> PCHD5500 understands QAM, HDHomerun gets ATSC, FWIW, the digital
>> converter boxes only get ATSC, then can down-convert to a 4:3 aspect for
>> an SDTV.
>>
>>
>> Believe that the issue still remains as to whether COX will send signals
>> in the clear. If YES, the the PCHD5500 should be fine. There are
>> probably many more, haven't researched....
>>
>> I THINK that the "required" channels, those corresponding with the OTA
>> signals SHOULD remain "clear QAM", premium channels are encrypted, the
>> question remains HOW will the other non-premium be sent??
>>
>> IF the cable company encrypts something you will NEED, then I believe
>> the only option ends up being a cablecard (available only from your
>> cable provider, because THEY know the encryption keys and can authorize
>> the card). (Bet they'll be pushing their OWN DVR really hard before THAT
>> happens.)
>>
>> AND, unlike the old satellite dishes where you could "share keys", I
>> also understand that the cablecard needs to receive continuous signal
>> from cableco to function...
>>
>>
>> <cya>
>> BTW, I never had a dish, but knew those that did...
>> </cya>
>>
>> Noel
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