[mythtv-users] Will any PVR-150 Work?

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Michael Segulja wrote:

> Mark Covington wrote:
>> The only difference between the cards is that the MCE version comes
>> with a remote.  Hauppauge is the only company that makes the  
>> PVR150, so
>> there's only one card.
>>
>> Several people here have one up and running, you'll be fine.
>>
>> markcov
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ok, thank you very much for the info.  That's exactly what I needed  
> to know.
>

Not quite -

The "retail" PVR-150 comes with a Hauppauge remote. Unless you get  
really old stock this will be the "new" remote with the four colored  
buttons in a row across the bottom. This card does not have a radio  
tuner. Newer units also come with an IR blaster on the same connector  
as the IR receiver. I've seen reports of MythTV support for these  
using patched LIRC and IVTV versions, but I don't know for sure.

A "PVR-150MCE OEM" that you can get from the OEM suppliers for around  
$60US does not come with any remote, and does not have the interface  
for one on the card. Mine, at least, also has a radio tuner, don't  
know if all versions do or not.

A "PVR-150MCE Retail" comes with a remote that does not connect to  
the PVR card, but apparently works in some way with Windows MCE, I  
don't know much about this as I don't do windows. Don't know if this  
card has a radio tuner.

Hauppauge seems to change tuner types almost as often as Security  
holes are found in Windows, so there is no guaranty as to what tuner  
module you will get. It's possible you will get a new module that is  
not yet supported, usually these are supported shortly. You may also  
have to manually specify the tuner type with some cards.

The above is what I have learned from my 4 PVR-150s of various  
flavors, YMMV as always.