[mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV To Go and networked tuners suitable for the UK

Dan Gravell dan.gravell at talk21.com
Tue Aug 5 13:42:36 UTC 2008


--- Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:

> Dan Gravell wrote:
> > While looking for alternative network tuners
> > (HDHomeRun DVB-T still isn't out) I found this
> > product:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog_Digital+PVR/PCTV+to+go+Wired.htm
> > 
> > It claims to stream MPEG2 video and has an
> > out-of-the-box integration with Windows MCE.
> > 
> > No mention of it here, that I could find. I'm
> assuming
> > its protocol will be proprietary and so
> integration
> > with MythTV will be a lot of trouble?
> > 
> > If so I won't bother buying it, obviously. I don't
> > suppose there are any other networked tuners out
> there
> > that will work with MythTV, suitable for UK
> analogue
> > and/or DVB-T broadcasts?
> > 
> I don't think that thing you linked to (Flash - ugh)
> works in the UK. Neither, 
> so far as I am aware, does HDHomeRun.

Apologies for the Flash... as far as I can see it
works in the UK... it's on the UK product site, it's
for sale via Amazon UK AND it just accepts analogue
inputs (ignore my comments about DVB-T above for now).

Therefore I think it should in theory be able to
capture analogue OTA broadcasts.

Dan


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