[mythtv-users] Which is the best HDTV Tuner Card

[Steve Adeff]

On Thursday 17 November 2005 22:16, Jason Gabriele wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 November 2005 13:57, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> > > The DVico "FusionHDTV 3 QAM" and FusionHDTV 5 Gold and Lite
> >
> > are also
> >
> > > supported in Linux.
> >
> > looking into the Fusion cards I found this:
> > http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/eng/Products/HDTV5usb.aspx
> >
> > which looks pretty cool, I'll await to see what the final
> > specs are when they get posted.
> >
> >
> > Steve
>
> I have a fusion 5 gold and would not recommend it if you plan on watching
> analog tv off the same card. HDTV reception works but analog tv was washed
> out and sound wouldn't work until I changed the channel. I tried both V4L
> cvs and the stock 2.6.14 drivers and had the same problem with both. I
> reverted back to my wintv go card (the machine only has 1 pci slot) and the
> fusion 5 is just sitting in a box now. I guess I will wait a while and hope
> someone fixes the driver. I saw there are some new patches in 2.6.15 that
> might fix the problem however.

no mpeg2 encoding of NTSC though right? I never tried NTSC with my HD3000, but 
I'm willing (and already have) spent $70 on a PVR150.


Steve