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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:42 pm 
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I'm planning my box, and have gotten stuck on choice of tuner card. I need to tune clear-QAM from my cable operator now, since there are very few OTA signals that reach me, even with a big antenna. I've tried the cable with a standalone (non-cable operator provided) QAM tuner, and it can display the channels I want, so I know they're there and (for now) unencrypted.

Should I get pcHDTV-3000 and twiddle my thumbs until the QAM support is enabled? Or should I get MyHD-120? Or does the Fusion card work fairly well?

The box is P4 3Ghz, 512MB, nVidia FX 5200, and I'll want my 1080i (for those OTA recordings I can snag). I plan to take the DVI out of the card and run it into my HD monitor.

Thanks for any advice,
Scott


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The Air2PC is now QAM capable! The only 2 cards I know what work with Linux are the pcHDTV 3000 and Air2PC. Until I see other wise, avoid all others. There is one more, cannot think of the name at the moment, but it only works in for the Australian model.

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got any links to the QAM support for the air2pc? Do the drivers currently exist and work? I hadn't even heard that it was going to have the capability. That's making the air2pc sound better and better.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:53 pm 
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Taylor posted that info on the developer's list recently. I'd send you a link, but unsure how to, so here's a snip from a mythtv users gossamer_threads: 30 Jan 2005:

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Re: Air2pc / Air2LAN Remove Highlighting [In reply to]
Quoting Brian Foddy <bfoddy@visi.com>:
> the archives some people are starting to experiment. Checking
> out their web site tho, I find the Air2LAN device perhaps even
> more interesting.

The Air2PC is fully supported by current CVS. I also just yesterday made it
work with Unencrypted Digital Cable in the US. I have sent a driver patch off
to linux-dvb. The Air2PC driver looks like it will be included in the 2.6.11
kernel as well..

> According to the spec sheet, there is a Linux library
> available. Depending on specifics and costs, etc;
> I see more potential in this approach.

The Air2Lan is very expensive last I looked, and that makes it less of an option
I think than the Air2PC. I also would have to spend some serious time figuring
out how to interface it with Myth to have the same type of support as current
DVB (linuxtv drivers really) devices.

> Most of the devices are stuffed out of the
> way (basement, office), a small frontend, and the network.

I just put my whole backend in my garage where all my cables come into the
house.

> few parts required. Depending on the device costs, this
> could be significantly easier and cheaper than PCI based
> cards.

Take a look.. I thought it was a great idea at first as well..

Taylor
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Well, the users list, not the developer's list.

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