[olug] Myth compatible TV Tuner card that works with COX TV

[Brian Roberson]

Or go the FireWire route as I did. I wanted hd, so that was my
incentive. Works well once setup!

On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:27 PM, Benjamin Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for Hauppage.  I purchased 2 PVR-500 Dual Tuners on Ebay for about
> $70 each and they've worked fine with all releases of Mythbuntu I've
> run the past few years.  As previously mentioned, they only pick up
> COX channels 2-72.  You'd probably have to get yourself a cheap IR
> blaster to control your set-top-box and record the output from there
> to get additional channels.
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>> For what it's worth, do NOT buy the "KWorld ATSC TV Stick UB435-Q USB 2.0
>> Interface" that NewEgg and others are selling now.
>>
>> I bought one on Oct-11 after doing a lot of research and confirmed that it
>> was working under Linux.  A couple days later, I started reading reports
>> that they weren't working.  Turns out the manufacturer kept the exact same
>> naming information, but the little sticker says "V2.0" on the new,
>> non-compatible versions.
>>
>> And from talking with the driver writer, the changes are substantial enough
>> that he won't be working on it any time soon. :-(
>>
>> I have one that I'll loan to someone if they want to take a hack at working
>> on the driver...
>>
>> For what it's worth, it works just fine under my Windows 7 64bit test
>> system, so it is functioning hardware.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 09:49, Lane Roberts <roberts.lane at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Kevin's got you covered -- This is exactly the setup I've been using for
>>> the
>>> last year or so. Pretty much all of the hauppauge cards have excellent
>>> built
>>> in support. I actually just got rid of Cox, so I've got a PVR-150
>>> collecting
>>> dust if you're interested.
>>>
>>> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvr150.html
>>>
>>> Lane
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Kevin D. Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass at yahoo.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Paul H. Lewis <phldml3 at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>> I'm looking to build a MythTV Box,
>>>>> since my TIVO died.  But before I go
>>>>> buying parts willy-nilly, I need to know if there is a TV
>>>>> Tuner card
>>>>> that I can connect directly to the cable and not use the
>>>>> Standard Def
>>>>
>>>> Most any that are supported by the IVTV or bt8x8 driver will work.  Check
>>>> the docs for these drivers.
>>>>
>>>>> Receiver.  I'm assuming that they are pushing a
>>>>> digital signal, is that
>>>>> the reason for the set top box?
>>>>
>>>> If you need to record channels above 72 or so, then yes you will need to
>>>> use the box.  Channels 2-72 are analogue and work fine with analogue
>>> tuner
>>>> cards.
>>>>
>>>>> so that's the reasons for the questions.  If I have to
>>>>> connect with the
>>>>> box, then that means I can only get one channel at a time?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, if you need to use the box to record your show, say something on
>>>> History International (Chan. 204), then you must use the STB and that is
>>> the
>>>> only thing above channel 72 that you can watch, unless you get a second
>>> STB
>>>> or a CableCard if your TV is so equiped.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I have a Hauppauge 350 I'm not using, if you are interested.
>>>  Hardware
>>>> compression of SDTV signal to an MPEG2-PS file playable by MPlayer and
>>>> others.  Also has the TV-OUT so you can make any TV your monitor. :-)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_pvr350.html
>>>>
>>>> Amazon lists one used for $64.xx, I'll sell mine for bargain basement
>>>> $60.00, with box, manuals remote and anything else I can find that is
>>>> supposed to be in the box.  Latest kernels have the necessary drivers
>>> built
>>>> in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kevin D. Snodgrass
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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